Ramblings of youth, understanding God and the mind of Christ!

Hmm. Tonight, my heart hurts. For the youth. For my peers. I look at these kids, each one with some sort of heartache. I just want to take all the hurt away from them. I never knew I had such a passion for youth, it's taken working with them, living with them and being one of them. I know that I have no power of my own. The power comes through Jesus. I know that those kids can have a powerful testimony that can later help other kids. I know that I have a powerful testimony. I've unveiled bits and pieces of my own heartache to them. Mmm, the pain is still too fresh to tell just anyone. I need to know that the person is really interested before I reveal my heart. Or I need to know that they need to hear it. Pfft. Oi. I don't know anything.

"No eye has seen,
no ear had heard,
no mind has conceived
what God has prepared for those who love him" ---
but God has revealed it to us by his spirit.
The spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God.

Ahh. This little glimpses are amazing. To think that I've read these things so many times, and only recently are the making sense. It encourages me. Even when I'm down, lower than the lint on the belly button of a worm, I am encouraged. Even if only because I am growing.

This strikes me.

"For who has known the mind of the Lord
that he may instruct him?"

'But we have the mind of Christ.'

What?! We have the mind of Christ. I mean really think about that. That's freaking amazing. I cannot even explain my thoughts. Other than wow. Just simply freaking wow. Hmm.

Keep it real.