it's easier than you think
i had a discussion today with a good friend. she has kids around the same age as mine. she is always saying how she admires those who work with youth and wishes she was called to do that, but feels like she hasn't had that calling.
she was telling me how many kids she has coming through her home - mostly friends of her son. she is a hostess by nature so that kind of stuff comes naturally to her. but she finds herself more and more having deeper conversations with these young people and personally praying for them. she has even told a couple of them that she prays for them. she's planning on starting to ask them how she can pray for them.
the youth of today doesn't need more youthworkers. they need more adults in their lives. they need to know that adults care about them and accept them for who they are. they need role models who can help them integrate into the adult world.
i told her that what she's doing may have a more lasting impact than the youthworker at the local church. we don't need to be trained to be youthworkers. we just need to open our heart and minds to the youth of today. you can also open your home.
she was telling me how many kids she has coming through her home - mostly friends of her son. she is a hostess by nature so that kind of stuff comes naturally to her. but she finds herself more and more having deeper conversations with these young people and personally praying for them. she has even told a couple of them that she prays for them. she's planning on starting to ask them how she can pray for them.
the youth of today doesn't need more youthworkers. they need more adults in their lives. they need to know that adults care about them and accept them for who they are. they need role models who can help them integrate into the adult world.
i told her that what she's doing may have a more lasting impact than the youthworker at the local church. we don't need to be trained to be youthworkers. we just need to open our heart and minds to the youth of today. you can also open your home.
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