Comments on: Forgiveness for Youth Pastors http://grantenglish.com/archives/2005/12/19/forgiveness-for-youth-pastors/ the randomness of a distracted existential tour guide. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:09:19 +0000 hourly 1 By: Wayne http://grantenglish.com/archives/2005/12/19/forgiveness-for-youth-pastors/comment-page-1/#comment-9 Wayne Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://grantenglish.com/?p=3#comment-9 I agree with your final "prayer" that we who work with teens (or anyone) not make the mistake of trying to fit people to a certain mold or template. I certainly also have that prayer for myself as a parent!!!<BR/>One question to ponder--<BR/><BR/>Can/Does salvation perhaps change some of our DNA and who we are? Think outside the mold on this one. I agree with your final “prayer” that we who work with teens (or anyone) not make the mistake of trying to fit people to a certain mold or template. I certainly also have that prayer for myself as a parent!!!
One question to ponder–

Can/Does salvation perhaps change some of our DNA and who we are? Think outside the mold on this one.

]]> By: Carol http://grantenglish.com/archives/2005/12/19/forgiveness-for-youth-pastors/comment-page-1/#comment-10 Carol Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://grantenglish.com/?p=3#comment-10 We are not called to change ourselves, it is the Holy Spirit who does the changing. When we try to change ourselves or others we are stepping into idolatry...thinking we know how someone should be.<BR/>What we are called to do, though, is to die to self. If I hang on to something the Holy Spirit is asking me to let go of, that is just a different kind of idolatry. <BR/>One of the biggest temptations to me is decision-making that is influenced by what others think, rather than what God is asking of me. It is all too easy for us to pass that trait on to those we minister to. It becomes Christian peer pressure, and is more powerful because it's often unspoken. We are not called to change ourselves, it is the Holy Spirit who does the changing. When we try to change ourselves or others we are stepping into idolatry…thinking we know how someone should be.
What we are called to do, though, is to die to self. If I hang on to something the Holy Spirit is asking me to let go of, that is just a different kind of idolatry.
One of the biggest temptations to me is decision-making that is influenced by what others think, rather than what God is asking of me. It is all too easy for us to pass that trait on to those we minister to. It becomes Christian peer pressure, and is more powerful because it’s often unspoken.

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