Small joys in life

I think it is great when you find something that brings joy to your life. For some people it can be a hobby like crafting or running (like Mom who needs to run all the time),  or cooking and baking.  Whatever it is, it makes your heart happy, it fills your soul and makes you feel content.

So a little over a year ago I found my joy (well one of them) in an opportunity to join Younglife in our community as a leader.  Right away it felt like it was what my heart and soul had been asking for.  I felt like prayers had been answered.  It's funny how the whole thing started for me, I was working a soccer tournament when a friend of my family's came up to me and just asked me what I was doing on Monday nights and invited me to check it out.  I was sort of hooked from there.

It's funny...the thought of an invitation.  So many things in life don't require you to be invited but there are so many things in life that we feel like we need invitations to be apart of.  Often times, I feel like they are the same things.  

One of the reasons I fell in love with Younglife is that it invites us into the lives of kids that in my case working in my room tucked into the office I wouldn't normally get to see.  When I think back over the year and think about all the relationships and friendships that have grown because of my time with this group I often find myself laughing at the jokes and craziness that has gone on and smiling at the conversations that have taken place and the trust that people can put into one another when we do invite people to be in our lives.

The other reason that this adventure with Younglife brings me joy is the people I get to lead with.  It is great to have such a wonderful support system in my life of other adults who believe like I believe and who want to see the same success for the kids as I do.  And did I mention they are as crazy as I am?

Because they are!  But I wouldn't trade them for the world!

With Love Always,

Alex