We had a JV meeting tonight that went relatively well, but with some fall backs. It is truly interesting how some things will work in certain crowds and then it has to be completely overhauled for others.
For example...we can conduct a small group meeting at two of our schools where at the third...it JUST DON'T WORK! IT AIN'T HAPPENIN'. Why is that? I've heard all my life that kids are alike all over. They simply want attention...friendship...to be noticed...to be wanted...to be a part of something. Are they like adults? Is that all that we want? To be loved. In the words of the infamous Eddie Murphy when he goes out on his first date with Lisa in,"Coming to America"..."To be loved...Oh what a feeling, to be loved."
We wish for acceptance in any and all of our undertakings. We want for importance and that others would take note of what we have done be it little or of a big impact. I feel that's all that these kids are after. I held a brief conversation with a few youth workers on why middle school and high school sports are so popular. Why is it that almost all the guys want in on the action with Bball and football...now soccer and sometimes wrestling. The girls want in on Vball and cheerleading. Why? What is it about the feeling that they so crave in a world gone mad where things instead of people matter; where popularity and reputation seem to be worth more than a person's self esteem or feeling.
I talked with a student tonight who couldn't have cared less about God, Jesus, the Holy three, and everything they stand for. On top of that, he's more than glad to present his idea in a forceful manner to everyone around him that God is nothing more than a rumor started centuries ago. He hates the mere thought of even discussing the possibility of Lord let alone his own faith...if he has any at all.
Something or someone somewhere caused this huge, thick wall that he has built around him completely. He sits on the inside hoping that no one will know how scared he is that someone might actually be willing to care about him or his future...if he chooses to have one. This teenager puts on this front where no one can talk to him, with him, and no one comes close. What is it in his past that has hurt him so badly that no passes are being distributed, nobody gets by the gate. Nobody gets through the wall.
One teenager was killed in a highway accident this weekend and two other students went staright to the hospital...not in good condition. The scene this morning at their school was not a pretty one. People everywhere were devistated at the fact that they no longer will come to school with their friend. I'm quite certain that they all thought they would see her come Monday morning in her seat or in the hallway as they have for the past few years...and then this happened. "Tomorrow is promise to no one." We make all these plans on a daily basis taking for granted that we will still be around to actually see those plans come to pass. This guy about whom I was talking, that has a super-thick wall built around him, may very well not be around next week. The Lord could call his number at any point in time with out a warning. I just wish that he realized it.
This has been another total waste of time in "The World Gone Mad" brought to you by none other than the Bakerboy himself.
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