Dear Family,
As I
marveled at the interesting differences between our friend and Bobby I was so
struck, so significantly that I completely forgot to focus on the funny and fun
things our youth were doing during middle school group. Bobby was in California this week on a Youth
Pastors retreat. Our friends and fellow
Youth Group volunteers took over and I was so glad that it worked out well. The kids were the same, fun, giggly, talkative,
but the leadership styles were so starkly in contrast. Where Bobby is loud, boisterous, and energetic
our friends are soft spoken, peaceful and calm.
Even the songs became a worshipful feeling of kumbaya instead of a
raucous joyful proclamation of God’s goodness.
Same songs, completely different feel. Amazing!
High
school group had Ryland Duval lead music and he is definitely a
professional. That was special, having
him come back to his home roots. Rich
led the lesson time very well. It was
good to consider how we can filter the world through God’s word. One interesting conversation piece was about
Psalm 199 being so long. Rich asked,
“The Psalms are what?” One student said,
“A paragraph.” The right answer was,
‘Poetry’ and Rich went on to mention that Ps. 119 is an Acrostic. When he asked if anyone knew what and
Acrostic is someone asked, “Is that in the newspaper and you have to fill in
the blanks?” No that’s a crossword
puzzle.
One
student mentioned she was excited to turn 16.
I asked if that is because she would get her license? “No, it’s when I
get to date. But now it’s getting closer
and I don’t think they like the idea of me dating anyway.” Ah yes, I remember when our daughter turned
16. She was allowed to date, but not any
person she mentioned that Bobby knew. No
one was good enough for his daughter he had specific reasons for each one but in
all reality he did not want her to date at all.
Please
pray for me as I have developed a cold that makes me feel very germy. I am glad my immune system is updating itself
and the virus will die. For now please
pray this happens quickly.
May you
find joy in serving our Lord. May His
grace flow through you that you can shine for Him and do good things which we
are prepared in advance to do.
Love and hugs, Cristy
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