Reclaiming the teen years as the launching pad of life
Bethany -
So the teen years are looked at as the crazy partying years of a person's life. People have accepted this as the norm and there is even a name for them.....Kidults. "Legally, they're adults, but they're on the threshold, the doorway to adulthood and they're not going through it." I've seen this often, and it's terribly sad. Where is the maturity, the strength, the adulthood? Is our future generation going to even know these characteristics? They will with our help! It's all a myth! Teens CAN do hard things! Let's show them we can do it!
Jenna -
The teen years are given to me as a time to prepare for when I am an adult. I am still under my parents authority and guidance, and constantly learning things from them as they share their wisdom! Instead of partying through high school, I know that I need to be preparing for the work that God has called me too...how do I know what God has called me to??? I PRAY! I seek the Lord and ask HIM:) In His perfect timing, He will reveal to me what I am to be doing.
I'm asking myself the hard questions:
- Is how I'm spending my time right now preparing me for what I hope to become in the future?
- Am I doing things now that will equip me for the greater things that God may have me do?
Have you heard of the saying: "What you do when you're young is what you'll do when you're old"? In other words, I need to be preparing myself to do what the Lord asks of me, I need to give myself to His will.
I encourage you to ask yourself those hard questions too! Are you doing things now that will equip you to do the great things that God may have you do???!
Josh -
Josh -
"After all, kidults are the logical result of the Myth of Adolescence, which encourages teens to view adulthood as spoiling the fun of the teen years rather than viewing it as the fulfilment of the teen years."(51)
Lets change that!
Let's be young people who "are rebelling against low expectations by choosing to get every possible benefit out of their teen years in creative, responsible, and highly efficient ways."(60)
I challenge you to tell us how you are doing hard things. How are you choosing to reap every possible benefit out of the teen years?
Real quick, let's take a peek at what we'll be talking about Wednesday:
5 Kinds of Hard
1).Things that are outside your comfort zone
2) Things that go beyond what is expected or required
3) Things that are too big to accomplish alone
4) Things that don't earn an immediate payoff
5) Things that challenge the cultural norm
What is a way that you can prepare yourself for the future?
In Christ,
~Bethany, Jenna, Josh~
5 Kinds of Hard
1).Things that are outside your comfort zone
2) Things that go beyond what is expected or required
3) Things that are too big to accomplish alone
4) Things that don't earn an immediate payoff
5) Things that challenge the cultural norm
What is a way that you can prepare yourself for the future?
In Christ,
~Bethany, Jenna, Josh~
2 comments:
"We're asking you to live not your easiest life, but your best life according to God." (60)
Wow. That's hard. But what a vision and goal to have! A way to prepare yourself for the future is by putting your BEST effort into everything you do. If I start that habbit now, it will stick with me all through life!
I can also prepare myself for the future by studying, memorizing, and applying God's Word. Because it's only by God's strength that will ever be able to do hard things!
Hi, I found your blog over at Hopes.
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