Beth's Growth Group

My stomach all in knots.

We’re about to start.

All the kids are about to come in.

And I’m just sitting here.

Trying not to think about all the pressure.

I volunteered to help with a growth group.

And now I’m freaking out.

These kids’ lives are in my hands.

I am supposed to help then with their walk with God.

What if I say the wrong things?

What if I don’t get “in” their thoughts?

All I can do is have faith in God.

God will lead me to say the right things.

God did lead me to say the right things.

The growth group that Zac and I led was a success!

It was amazing to watch these middle schools interact.

They might be a bit shy to start, but they did open up and share theirs real thoughts. They are at the age where they don’t know everything, but if they don’t understand they will just ask.

Even when you don’t think that you’ve touched them in anyway, they will surprise you. They will have a huge smile on their face when you walk in the door and then you look up and notice they wrote you a note on the blackboard. “We luv Sarah Beth and Zac!” That right there almost made me cry. I had been having a rough day when I look up and see that. It turned my whole day around. These middle schoolers are wonderful.

Then on the last day they asked Zac and I if we had Facebook because they wanted to add us as friends. I love the feeling of being loved. I have flaws and they know it, but they still welcome me just the same.

I really needed that love on Saturday. They changed my life. I see things differently, even though they are so young they really have a huge impact on your life if you just take the time to listen to them. They have shown me more how to live out God through everything in my life like they do each and every day.

Beth Frick