Got Faith!

Oh so much fun this week.....It is a blessing each week to meet with our Fun Gang!  We had 7 teens show up last night.  Our topic for the night focused on having Faith in our Lord, Our Savior!  What exactly is faith?  Faith is not something that we can see, touch or even hear.  Hebrews 11:1, says "Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see."  It is a trust built up in your heart and with this trust you are able to recognize that you are loved, protected, and guided in the right direction through the Holy Spirit.  

Many times it is hard to explain about something you cannot physically see and our goal last night was to help our kids understand that "you must have faith to believe in a God you cannot see." 

One thing that I am recognizing each week that passes is that our kids have faith in my husband and I that we will be at Youth Group to lead them in a Bible Study.  They have faith and depend on us.....much like we all depend on God to help us through every aspect of life.  With this growing trust in mind, we had our kids participate an exercise that tested their Faith in believing what we were telling them.  We had three of our kids step outside the room, each one came in at different times blindfolded.  We took an orange, a lemon, and apple and fed them each one, but the clincher of the exercise was that when they were told they were going to eat an orange they were given a lemon.  So when they were given the other two items we watched to see if there was a hesitation in believing what they were really being given to eat.

The outcome of the exercise revealed that there was only one of the three that had complete faith in what was being fed to them and did not waver even when they were tricked.  The other two were scared to even attempt to eat anything after they were given the lemon in place of the orange.  This exercise brought to light how we questioned many situations in life instead of just having Faith!

I pray that our kids got something out of last night's lesson and have less issues of doubt in their lives!

What does Jesus have in store for us next week.....