We decided about a month ago to have weekly unplanned events that were somewhat planned, so we could just completely hang out with kids in organized, but not structured settings. Originally we were thinking bringing a party in a box over as a surprise to some random youth's house, but it progressed into our weekly Bible study instead. So WUPR-Weekly UnPlanned Rondeivou (which I'm not sure how to spell, and have looked in multiple dictionaries) happens on Monday nights. Tonight, being Monday, was the kick off!
Tonight’s Bible study was really great! We’re going through a video study on happiness by Sean McDowell, which is pretty good. It has some questions and a guide for Bible study sessions that it suggests going through. Well, since I’m in charge of planning these Monday night WUPR’s, I had watched the video a couple of times, read through the study guide twice and prayed and prayed about what I was going to talk about. For some reason I didn’t feel quite right just going through the guide. I guess it seemed a bit shallow. It has good questions and ties in Bible stories in with the video which is about people’s lives that are teens now. I just felt that our kids would give the usual Sunday school answers and that I would tell them things that they’ve heard all their lives, so I was a little unsettled about how this evening would progress. Well then I found out that Jason announced that the evening would last from 6:30-10:00. WHAT?! That’s a really long time for me to entertain and do a Bible study. That would be a long time with youth no matter how great the speaker! So I was praying about what was going to happen all day today, but mainly as I was doing errands. Driving is my favorite time to talk to God. That may be weird, but in the car and in the shower are the best times for me-maybe because I’m completely alone with just Him, without distractions. Anyway, I came to the conclusion that I couldn’t do anything really well unless it was God doing it, and I threw my hands up. I would rather go into any situation completely unprepared and not knowing what is about to happen with my hands up and God leading me, than be in control. Because when I’m in control then things fall apart, but if I throw my hands up and let God lead me, no matter how stressful, He’s got it all under control. His ways are far bigger than mine and I don't ever want it any other way.
So, tonight went really well. The video lent itself to its own questions and I didn’t have to look at the guide once. Discussion flowed like a rippling brook and important things were talked about. It was good. God is good, and it is good to be in fellowship with Him and His children.
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