thursday august 26 2010

{age is just a number}
Dear Candice,
I’m itching to come back to see you. I will come back- I promise.
Last night I went to youth group just like I do every Wednesday. But last night was different- something hit me. It was this flood of feelings of power. I can step out and be the change that people don’t expect to see in a teenage girl. Adults grossly underestimate the power of a highschooler. Candice, last night it dawned on me that I have the power to revolutionize and completely turn around the way people look at teenagers.
God is calling me to step out and be different. But honestly, He’s calling everyone to step out and be different- I’m just obeying. We make so many excuses to try to convince God that we aren’t the “right one.” I think the most common excuse is, “I’m just a kid.” This is exactly what Jeremiah told God in Jeremiah 1. It was simple- God told him to go, he said I’m too young. And God replied with this: “do not say I am only a youth. For wherever I send you, you shall go and whatever I command you to, you shall say. This is how we all make excuses, but God knows that we’re only kids. And I believe He’s calling the kids to be different for a reason. I love how Jesus put it in Matthew. There were kids coming to Jesus but the adults were holding them back. But Jesus simply said, “Let the children come to me.” He went on to say that everyone should have faith like a child.
Wow.
I love you,
Love,
sara