Youth

A topic that does concern those of us who are young. . . young in age and young at heart.
a few verses to start
Psalm 103:4-6
4 who redeems your life from the pit
and crowns you with love and compassion,
5 who satisfies your desires with good things
so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's.
6 The LORD works righteousness
and justice for all the oppressed.
Isaiah 40:29-31
29 He gives strength to the weary
and increases the power of the weak.
30 Even youths grow tired and weary,
and young men stumble and fall;
31 but those who hope in the LORD
will renew their strength.
They will soar on wings like eagles;
they will run and not grow weary,
they will walk and not be faint.
1 Timothy 4:11-13
11Command and teach these things. 12Don't let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith and in purity. 13Until I come, devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to preaching and to teaching.

Youth. . . being young. . . what about it? So many times i remember telling people my age shouldn't affect things. Yet in many cases it does. Being too young we are not permitted to drive a car or drink alcohol. These are rules created by those older than us without our consent yet for our benifit. Okay. . . i can handle that.

There is a certain respect level that seems to accompany age. . . but not only age singularily. . . also demenor. For respect isn't necessarily given to the old homeless man on the street however is given to an older gentleman encountered in say a public building. So age is a factor in how we treat people mainly because of the fact that it is assumed as you get older you become wiser.

This is true. . yet sometimes we fall into the trap of believing that young people can do certain things which older people can not or vice versa. In these vereses God says no, i call who i want when i want them. All grow weak and all can be strengthen in him. It is not ours to decide that we are too young or too old.

And finally you can not talk about youth without visiting 1 Timothy. . . don't let your being young keep you down! Young people are amazing! Stay strong in your faith and know that you are just as important as anyone else in this world to God, and you don't have to wait until you are older to serve God. . . but he will use you, even as a youth/young adult.
God Bless!
~your sister in Christ~Erin