.Monday, January 5, 2009 ' 1:37 AM Y
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bye bye 2008 hello 2009.
was looking thru pics of a fren that used to be quite close to me and a group of us from church, and it got me thinking, we all have changed. from the same roots, same upbringing, many factors influence us top be who we are today. it does not mean that if one has the same kind of upbringing as another, they are likely to turn out the same way.
looking at pics of him and his girl and all his frens getting wasted (okay, maybe not exactly wasted, but very clearly drinking), made me ponder. is this what the youth of today are reali interested in? my cousin noticed him and his buddy slipping out on thanksgiving and looking at the pics of them and their surroundings, it's very obvious that they went to celebrate the new year with a hotel room with guys and girls and alcohol. seems like the norm to them.
to think pastor was actually happy that we were celebrating the new yr with church ppl instead of partying outside. ha! thank God most of the JCC youth are not like that. and i guess, these are the people that keep shephards moving. they are the ones that make ppl like me and sam not give up.
i thought it was reali meaningful the way this year's thanksgiving was held. the reminder of wher we are, and comingback to God, and our family. those are the things that matter. not booze, partying, havoc. =s seriously. i'm not trying to judge. our youth had a good time at s11 eating supper and preparing for sam's wedding performance and i thought that was the best thing anyone could ask for. good, clean, fun.
not that i'm condemning the ppl who go out and drink and waste their youth away, i myself am prone to do that occassionally, but hey, please stop and think, there are other ways to have fun. call me conservative, but at least i'm pretty sure i'm doing what God wants me to do.
my prayer this year? i pray that the youth of today will at least try to give God a chance in their lives.
for the exisisting youth christians, continue to perservere, and do what is right in God's eyes, no matter how hard it is. it pays off in the end, really.
for youth christians who are not active, don't give up on God cause you know he doesn't want to give up on you.. he loves you many many, deep, deep, wide, wide.. and he'll continue to do so, no matter how much u hurt Him, so pls try not to hurt a person tt loves you this much for so long k?
for non christian youth, i reali pray that u'll give God a chance to work in your lives and show u the potential u have. doesn't matter how wasted u are, how screwed up ur life is, it doesn't matter. broken hearts, broken lives, He'll take them all. i know, because i've been there. *smiles*
-i'm lucky to have been where i have been-
