Today my Brain went 'Pop'

and it is only the 8th class in the semester! My day {or afternoon started with my Advanced Christian World-view class. In this class everything i have learned in the past 5 years here in regards to how to approach Youth ministry was challenged. Let me explain...

In the early beginnings of society everything that was learned in regards to morals, values and beliefs were instituted in us through the family. However since the family structure has changed so much this to had to change. The idea of schools changed this practice, offering different types of lessons in regard to growth and life skills. So to then did the church. Everything now is programs, programs, programs, a youth ministry does not function without programs for this, that or the other thing. Christians of today have seen the family unit and said 'wow they are lacking in these areas- we can make a program and help them with this problem. But in reality the idea is to help the family as a whole not just a part of it. The use of a programs in effect has weakened the family instead of making it stronger, because the family as a whole is not helped and lead as well they are unable to contribute in the spiritual lives of their kids. Instead they drop their kid off at youth group because this 'program' will help you- it is not my problem.... So the question is then if we as Christians , confessed believers of the Word of the Lord, do not understand the idea of helping the family unit as a whole - as God calls us to; where then do we get off creating program after program in the name of youth and family ministry?

As my head spun from that class I then ran to my Classics of Spiritual literature class where we talked about the Grace of God. Holy man ... Grace and mercy are completely different now then they where when I walked in. I am not sure how to exactly write what I mean so I will say this. When we read 'By grace we have been saved..' it seems so easy to grasp but in reality it is way deeper and crazier to comprehend... all I can think of to describe it is that we are crazy lucky to have a God that loves us the way he does.. because in our human nature we can not bare to see the glory of God yet the grace Of God .. allows it to, if only but a little of what it truly is....

I am sorry if this is confusing to follow but it was a crazy day .. you see why my Brain went "Pop"?