Wow, something crazy is happening, 2 blog posts in ONE DAY. Anyway…
Lately I have been doing a lot of reading, planning, thinking and praying (in reverse order). My mind is wizzing with thoughts and idea’s and I am constantly having to remind myself of the well worn cliche ‘Rome wasn’t built in a day’. I am reading many, many books about youth ministry written by very successful leaders. However the key thing that is standing out to me is that they were successful OVER TIME. They didn’t get to where they are now overnight.
As I read I am filled with so many idea’s of what youth ministry ‘could be’ and then I am struck by the reality of what it currently is. This isn’t a problem, but it would become a problem if I thought I could breach the ‘divide’ overnight. I am not naive enough to think that, thankfully.
Right now I am working out in my mind what th3 2-3 focuses need to be for me this year. I have a planning and visioning document that I put together at the start of the year and I am really focusing on sticking within that plan for now.
What I am also reminded of as I go through this is how awesome God is. I am only where I am now because of him and the more I call on HIM to help me, the easily I feel things become…not because I am doing any more but because I can see how he is picking up the slack.
We truly serve an awesome God!
