Week 5

Tonight youth group was pretty much the same as every other night.  It started off with worship and Aaron's message, then we ate and played basketball. While the junior high was eating I got to talking to one of the high school girls who helps lead worship. I really enjoyed it because she is a senior in high school and I feel like we could be friends because of how close we are in age. My co-leader was back from her vacation. Tonight in the small group we talked about "the meaning of life." At first the girls did not have much to say on the topic and were really hyper, but after we introduced the topic a little more they really thought about it.  We talked about why we believe what we believe, for example why we believe that certain things are good or bad. The girls really started to think about these questions and realized that even though they believe that things are good or bad, does not mean other people will and that we need to show them how to be good and tell them why (be a living example.)  At the end we took prayer requests and the other leader asked if anyone would like to pray.  I realized that like the junior high girls, I am uncomfortable with praying in front of others.  It kind of shocked me to see that I have not grown much in that area in the past couple of years.  I realize that it is probably because I do not pray enough when I am alone to feel comfortable doing it out loud. I really want to focus on growing in that area because I feel like if I can grow in talking with God than other areas of my life will improve along with it.