I am excited as I am beginning to read the book by Mark Yaconelli that challenges us to know the presence of God.
This musing is really a sharing of a couple of paragraphs from his book for you to reflect on:
"The best way to know the presence of Jesus is to turn to him yourself. Who would we become if we spent time in the presence of Jesus? How would we live if we spent long periods of time with someone who trusts us, enjoys us, listens to and cares for us? Who would our young people be if they were companied by adults who embodied such love and attention? ...
Unfortunately, for many young people the last place where they find people open and available is within churches. Instead of a listening ear, they find advice. Instead of a witness to their lives, they're offered programmes and activities. And yet we know that the people who have had the greatest impact on our lives, the people who have changed and shaped us, are the people who are present to us - people who received us in the midst of pain as well as our breakthroughs.
If we want our kids to grow into themselves, to be people who know how to offer God's love and creativity to a brutal, hurting and stunted world, then we need to share the presence of Jesus with them. We need to remember how to be in relationship. Like Jesus, we need to stop and allow ourselves to rest in God. Adults need to spend time remembering how to be with young people."
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