February 13, 2011

• Love.. exciting and new..

  So raise your hand if that title made you sing the Love Boat song? hahaha   I couldn’t help it.  Sorry.  I just wanted to talk about LOVE for a bit.

  Tomorrow is Valentines day.  I hope it is a very happy one for all of you!    Maybe you will get flowers or chocolates or whatever it is that floats your boat.   I hope at the very least you have someone tell you that they love you.  Maybe it will be parents, or a spouse or a child or a friend or a loved one.  Anyway you look at it, I hope you have a happy day. 

  I have a picture in a frame right here next to my computer.  It has a picture of our youth group from church in it.  I think there are 25 or so kids.  They aren’t standing neatly in a row, so it is a little challenging to count them all.  I intentionally put it right here next to the computer.  I know that this generation of kids communicate mostly via technology.  When I was a teen, we talked on the phone.  These kids text and send IM’s or tweet or post a status. It is a different method of communicating, but one they are quite comfortable with using.  I put their picture right here next to my computer to remind me visually that when I’m online, a whole pile of teens are watching me.  They see how I behave and how I interact. They may not be consciously paying attention, but I can assure you they are paying attention.

  These kids in the picture, go to worship with me.  There are other kids that I know from the theatre program my girls participate in.  There are still other kids that I know from schools.  I did not set out to be a role model, and yet, I am just that.  These kids in my life are precious!  Every last one of them.  Some of them have a messy life.  Some of them create their own problems.  Some of them live a very charmed life.  All in all, it is a great pleasure to know all of them.  I see the picture next to my computer and I remember, if I want to make a difference with kids today, I have to speak their language and use the means of communicating that they choose. 

  I am blessed!  So much love in my life. 

  Have a happy day!!!

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