Day 36 of my beautiful journey.

I know with out a shadow of a doubt that the Lord has called me to youth ministry. Working with students is a huge passion of mine, and tonight was the best night I have had in a long time. After a few months on hiatus from youth ministry, tonight I was finally able to start to get back into the swing of things. It's a new group of youth, with a whole new set of challenges, but I can't remember the last time I was this excited. Although I will say one thing, I totally understand what some of my mentor pastors have said in the past, there is nothing more exhausting then preaching. It exhausts you spiritually, emotionally and physically. No one that hasn't preached could ever begin to understand the exhaustion that comes after a Spirit-led lesson. It's like the Spirit's way of saying 'good job'. Tonight was beautiful. It may not have been beautiful to anyone else, but it was beautiful to me.