SEPTEMBER 26, 2010
There is a lot I love about leading Young Life but something I really love is how high school girls LOVE texting, they LOVE boys, and they LOVE drama. It never changes, seriously, no matter what high school you go to or what high schooler you meet they love all or one of those things. You might find it odd how I love that about high school girls but the reason I do is because it makes it so much more real how lost they are, how they are clinging to things that help them to feel wanted or cared about or seen. I think every person longs to be seen (as I shared in my last post) but I know that high schoolers yearn for it and do WHATEVER they can to be seen.
Time and time again I come back to this painting that was talked about in a sermon I went to back in Lynchburg. The pastor talked about how Jesus softly, sweetly knocks on the door to our hearts. In the painting the pastor showed was Jesus, He was carrying a lantern softly knocking on a door without a handle. Apparently many art scholars have commented on how this painting is incorrect because of the lack of door handle, but the painter’s intention was to show how WE are the ones who let Jesus in, WE invite Him in. Jesus sees us, He longs for us and He acknowledges us but WE are the ones who make the plunge to follow Him.
All this came from a Mexican dinner last night with 5 Hickory High School girls, I want them so desperately to open that door. More than anything I want that for them. So I pray that one day I see a text like the title of this post from one of them on my phone. Our God is so unbelievably good that I know I will see it I know He has plans for them, bigger plans than I could ever imagine. For now pray for them and pray for our first club tomorrow night! Pray for tons of new kids, kids that want NOTHING to do with this
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