Today Kayla and I went to HGMS to lead the first girl talk. I was a little nervous, but I knew it would be alright. The topic that we chose for girl talk was the fruit of the Spirit. We figured we would start at the first characteristic. Love. We wanted to talk to the girls about God's love and all about salvation. Sixth grade had a lot of girls so, I don't know how well they were able to hear us, but the gospel was definitely presented and I think they understood. Eighth grade was a little rough, but seventh grade was awesome. We started talking to the girls about love and immediately what they thought of was romance and defined love as feelings you have for another person. Its totally understandable considering the culture that we live in and the fact that they loved the Twilight books the most. But what Kayla and I tried to get them to understand was that love means giving of yourself. We wanted them to know that there were so many ways to show people love without having to be mushy and gushy.
The girls started to feel more comfortable and started to ask us questions. The one question that stuck out to me the most and was the hardest to explain was, "How do you know God loves you?" Wow. Think about that. How do you know? This is something in my life that I have never doubted or really given a second thought. I couldn't think of a way to tell them that I know God's love because of the family that I have or all the blessings He has given me. I didn't know how to tell them that sometimes, as odd as it sounds, I could feel that love. I could stand without a doubt and feel His presence and His love.
Above all though, we told them it all comes down to if you believe that the Bible is true. If they believe it is truth then they will know of God's love. It is spoken of throughout the entire book. We told them about John 3:16 and the verse in 1 John that says God is love. I think they got it. I think that they went away with, hopefully a better knowledge of who God is and how He loves them. Pray for these girls please. Pray for their hearts and minds. Pray that they will truly be able to grasp God's love for them and to allow that love to change their lives.
At the end of the day, the song that is stuck in my mind is one that seems even more true and encouraging to me says simply that "He loves us. Oh, how He loves us so."
The girls started to feel more comfortable and started to ask us questions. The one question that stuck out to me the most and was the hardest to explain was, "How do you know God loves you?" Wow. Think about that. How do you know? This is something in my life that I have never doubted or really given a second thought. I couldn't think of a way to tell them that I know God's love because of the family that I have or all the blessings He has given me. I didn't know how to tell them that sometimes, as odd as it sounds, I could feel that love. I could stand without a doubt and feel His presence and His love.
Above all though, we told them it all comes down to if you believe that the Bible is true. If they believe it is truth then they will know of God's love. It is spoken of throughout the entire book. We told them about John 3:16 and the verse in 1 John that says God is love. I think they got it. I think that they went away with, hopefully a better knowledge of who God is and how He loves them. Pray for these girls please. Pray for their hearts and minds. Pray that they will truly be able to grasp God's love for them and to allow that love to change their lives.
At the end of the day, the song that is stuck in my mind is one that seems even more true and encouraging to me says simply that "He loves us. Oh, how He loves us so."
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