Random Thoughts

I have not posted in forever. I don't know why I have difficulty in sharing personal thought about my faith particularly as it applies to youth ministry. Maybe it is because so much of my life is in public it is my tendency to keep some things to myself. However, I think the main reason is my constant battle of somehow being unworthy to share the faith. Don't get me wrong, I am a youth leader and do this a lot. But when I do speak to youth about Jesus and His Church, I find myself exhilarated and yet drained at the same time. I am besieged by thoughts of my own sinfulness and how little faith I really have. What is important though is that I realize that God really does love me! What a simplistic statement but something I should constantly remind myself. After all Jesus reminds me of this everyday through Mass, the daily readings, morning prayer and of course the Sacrament of Reconciliation. Perhaps the best thing we can share with youth is that we are not super heros who are perfect in our faith. We are simply flawed people who are called by God to serve Him. Open almost any page of the Bible and we see examples of great men and women who did amazing things simply because they realized that God can work through them - in spite of their own weakness.
...for when I am weak, than I am strong. (2 Corinthians 12:10b).