God is good

I am a youth pastor and I love to invest time in teens lives and to see them come together to support one another. Tonight I thought that we would try something different so we planned a night at Tim Hortons, just to hang out and spend time together.

There are so many things that teens could be doing on Friday night. Lots of teens are doing things that are not productive or good. So many of their peers are out drinking, doing drugs, having sex and causing trouble. Certainly not all teens do that but lets not kid ourselves many teens give into peer pressure and find themselves doing things that can lead to problems.

Tonight we had 11 teens come out and spend time having fun together. We laughed, we talked and we had a good time. They talked about what their future might look like if they could do their dream jobs and it was incredible.

I couldn't help but think as we left that these teens have a bright future if they can stick together,encourage one another and honor God with their lives. They want to be doctors, surgeons, teachers, therapists and vets.

I am blessed to work with teens. They are incredible people. They have dreams and hopes, they have hurts and concerns, they have challenges and victories. They have each other and for many of those in attendance they also have God to help them when they call out to Him!