52 weeks

It may sound like a lot when you hear it but 52 weeks is short and flies by.  This week I took a bit of time and spent it with a few of our college students.  As we walked the city of Savannah I was smacked with a reality that they are grown up.  They are planning their lives and it isn't just a dream but they are realities that are being set.   

Time is slowly slipping away.  In a few years they will be paying bills on their own spreading the wings that we hope have been built on a good foundation.  But what if the faith and morals we have set in their lives didn't stick?   

Questioning and worrying about their future as we raise them I think is healthy and keeps us in check but we have to also lean on God for comfort and peace about where our children will be when they reach their adult years.  

As I live my life as an example for these kids and youth I pray that God will help them to use all the lessons they have been taught, remember all the morals they have been shown and listen to all the leading of the Holy Spirit.  

It was good to see some of the youth that have moved away for various reasons.  To see where life has taken them and to allow them to show us where they are now.  Good trip with good memories.  Investing time into our future is never wasted.

It was also great to teach them a bit of the Methodist history and introduce them to John.  Who looks well for his age ;)