Wednesdays

I always get so pumped up for Wednesdays. It's the big night of the week for the Student Ministry. Over the last few months, we've had some kids who haven't grown up at MC coming...and that's a huge deal.

The last couple weeks, it's been harder to get pumped up. Mainly because I know we'll play the game, and everyone will get so jacked up, and then it's time for the lesson and they just tune me out. It's like they don't even care that I spend most of Tuesday and Wednesday preparing to teach them something about the Bible. It's not rocket science. I'm not asking for their first born....just their attention for about 45 minutes. And yet, it doesn't seem like that's remotely possible for them to give.
I went home all bummed out.
Luckily I have the best wife in the world, and she said, "You know what will cheer you up? Grading papers!" And you know what, it did. When you're stressed out about teenagers not caring about what it is that God wants them to know...grading first grade papers is pretty relaxing. They're so funny. Kim's been teaching them to write creatively this year, and they did all these papers about what Snowmen do at night. Most of them like to drink "cold cow-cow" and wear big sweaters. It's quite amusing.
And that's why we do this. The teens aren't any different than the first graders. We'll just have to figure out ways to keep them interested.
Pray hard.
tj