trusting and wise!

I have recently been looking at the idea of how we resist influences in our lives, and how we stay close to God, and live the life that he would want us to live. I have been looking at this idea with a group of young people, and one of the issues that has come up is that of people who we trust and people who are wise. Both these things are different, and the young people I was speaking with, certainly felt that they could trust youth worrs, but when I asked if they thought they were wise, they only said that some were. In our rolls as youth workers, it is important that we have that trust in place, to build relationships, but we also need to be wise, in the things we say, the activities we condone, in our actions. Are you someone who youn people trust, and are you someone whom young people would go to for advice? If you are then this is a priveleged position, but also one of responsibility. For if people think we are wise, thenthey will listen to what we say, and act upon it. So my prayer is that we constantly ask God for his wosdom in all the situations that we are faced with, and that people continue to trust us so that relationships can continue tobe built.