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Thanks
I give thanks
Not only for
What I have
But also for
What I will
Soon come
To find.

I give thanks
For trials
And tribulations
That have to
Be overcome.

I give thanks
For the test
That must
Be passed.

I give thanks
For happiness
And pain.
No matter the
Emotion - I
Give thanks
Just the same.

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Sunday, May 16, 2010

I am actually blogging from my iPhone! It's been about two weeks since I got my iPhone from the starhub store at plaza sibg and I am finally blogging from it. Finally, after months of hinting, I finally got my parents to get me one.

Since my last post, many things have happened. Edison went to the army, I took my SATs, I was planning for the young adults hi-touch, I was planning the life group revamp for livewire. It's been quite a busy few weeks.

Yesterday we finally announced the revamp, which has been months in the making. The response was actually quite surprising. The youth were very positive about it and they were really looking forward to it. I think this culture of embracing changes has really been established in livewire, and that can only be a good thing.

I was talking to javan last night on the way home and we were discussing about the change and it really struck me how much I really enjoy serving in the youth ministry. The chance to be a part of someone's life, to be allowed to 'lead' them is such a privilege and such an honour. Sometimes as I look at these youth I'm supposed to be leading, I cannot but feel overwhelmingly humbled at honoured to serve as a youth leader. Sure sometimes we complain about the work, the long hours of meetings, the time spent preparing what to share at life group, the prayers, the PowerPoint slides, the planning of events...sometimes I think we really forget that why we do all these is really for God and for our youth.

The youth leader is by no means a glamourous position. Sure you get to be acknowledged as a leader in the youth group, you get to use the mic, you get to give orders and talk to people. But the true youth leader does not lead by being seen, but by his being when no one is looking, and this to me is the difficulty. When you choose intentionally not to drink or club because you don't want to see your youth going to such places, when you choose not to watch certain shows or read certain magazines because you don't want your youth to be doing the same, when you have to turn your friends down for saturday night outings because you are having dinner with your life group, when you wake up early to go to church at 830 so that you will always be earlier than the youth.

I thank God for the opportunity to lead, but above all to serve. What a privilege, what an honour, and what a joy.

8:06 pm