Young people are not a problem to be solved but a potential…

“Young people are not a problem to be solved but a potential to be realized.”

@kpowellfyi with @fulleryouthinstitute and @tenx10collab

I think sometimes we view the youth as a project or something to be fixed. Like we broke them and if we can just put them back together then everything will be ok. 👌

My sons are currently 16 and 13 years old and I’ve gotta tell you; there’s something special about seeing them rising up and taking hold of things. It’s truly a privilege. Every day they get faster and stronger. They learn new skills so fast and they can eat SO MUCH.

Kids today have their own unique set of problems to face that we couldn’t even fathom when I was growing up. I was a teenager in the 90’s. Literally in the 1900’s. Phones and social and on-demand anything just wasn’t a life we could imagine. Kids are funnier today; the understand irony and subtlety in a way we never could. They’re caring; way more than I ever was. They share everything.

I don’t think we reach young people by pointing out all the ways we think they’re flawed. Honestly I’d be nervous to do it because they might point back. They’re amazing, created in the image of God, with strength and power and fortitude. Sure they’re not perfect but it’s their time. How do we make them best equipped to handle what God is about to do with them?