Youth Weekend

Aaaahh. Had a great weekend away, involving Bop it, the beach, sardines, lots of love, confession including red paper and baby talcum powder, me saying a number of ridiculous comments, a tense game of Scene It finishing at 145am and crazy golf. I feel shattered but I am relieved that everything went well and everyone appeared to enjoy themselves. It is so cool to see the way that relationships can develop over 2 days and how many memories can be created. We looked at the subject of love and thought about loving God, loving ourselves, loving others, loving the world and remembering that God is love. John 3:16 managed to appear in every session and I was blown away once again by the power of 1 John 4:7-12.

One thing I am struggling with at the moment is striking the balance between being relaxed and laid back with the young people (which means that I accidentally come out with some hilarious things) and also ensuring that the young people are able to respect me and take the things that I say seriously. I am getting a little concerned abou it so I need to come before God and let him work on my character and ease my fears and insecurities. After all, he loves me and we=special (thanks Roothie)...