The Start Of Something New

First off, this is my first ever official blog. It has been something that I've really wanted to get into for several years now and I'm finally getting on the ball with it and giving it a shot. I will do my best to keep it going as I get the hang of things.

Today has been a great day! As the weekend wraps up I am so exhausted but it's that good feeling of exhaustion. After not really getting much sleep last night I headed to church at Otter Creek this morning to help get class set up for our teens and their parents. For the whole month of January we are doing a combined topical study on various subjects with both our teens as well as their parents. One of our parents led class this morning while our youth minister was outta town with our senior high and their parents on a weekend retreat. Our class was taken from Micah 6:8 which says, “He has shown you, O man, what is good & what does the Lord require of you but to Act Justly, Love Mercy, and to Walk Humbly with your God.” The angle taken with this was we had our teens match up in groups with their parent and another teen/parent. They were to discuss which of the 3 requirements stood out to them and why. Great discussions and thoughts shared from so many unique perspectives (both parents as well as teens). As I sat in on one of of our groups with a couple parents and their teens it was so cool to see the sense of community and uniqueness with the way God's word speaks to us. The group I was in discussed the importance of "Walking Humbly with your God" taking the approach that based on the diversity of schools represented how hard it is to sometimes accept the fact of what it truly means to be humble and carry ourselves the way God wants us to do so.

Lots of great thoughts and discussion in class!

As I sit here and think about today and this weekend it was also good to catch up with another person I've not seen in several months. We were able to meet up after church and have lunch together which was really a blessing for the both of us.

Well it's late so I'm gonna call it a night. Not much sleep on Saturday and a long but great weekend. At least Monday is a day off for me and I am gonna try and get some good shut eye tonight. Not so bad for post #1 I suppose :). Please be praying for those who went on our weekend retreat. They arrive back in Nashville tomorrow afternoon.