QT guides

I am struggling right now.. I have the task here at work, to write the quiet time guides that will be used by our 12-16 year olds to lead them on a daily walk and quiet time with Jesus. I don't take that very lightly, I am struggling with this today, I have written, fully, 1 as of today, the other 15 are due by the end of next week. I am finding this hard for some reason, mainly because I have been given a guideline, the devotional guide, which is already written. The one I have been stuck on for a while now is about being cast out of the Garden of Eden, the fall of man, and as a result being no longer clean and spotless, but spiritually dead. I am just having trouble of writing something to reflect this, one of the most important aspects of the gospel (or at least a firm cornerstone) that leads us to reconciliation and where to go next. I have to write this for the middle/high school crowd, which ain't easy.. I need to in about half page to understand we were created in his image (perfect), yet we ruined this by being tempted and sinning, and how God knew all this and this leads to Him knowing us even more. I can not for the life of me think of an illustration of this for their level, so if you have suggestions, let me know.. ha

But as I have had the opportunity to dwell on this and the passages that correlate, Genesis 2-3.. I have been able to chew on it and really think about it the last couple of days, how amazing is it that our God knows us from the most vulnerable moment in our lives, yet we feel we have to hide things from Him, and that we CAN hide things from Him. He saw the fall of humanity, he has seen us in our pits, at our worst, persay.. take your best friend for example, i mean a TRUE best friend.. why are they your best friend? well im sure you have surface level things in common and traits that are similar, but I find that RIGHT NOW in my life, my true best friends are the ones I am not afraid to be vulnerable with, to show that I am not perfect, and that makes us closer. It is so freeing to know someone knows pretty much everything about you, and that they still desire a relationship with you. So, why do we not take that approach with our LORD? He has seen us in one of our most, for lack of a better word, embarrassing times in all history. So, that is what has been going on in the mind of Seth here lately, and typing that out may have just helped me with this whole QT guide.. we shall see..


P.S. it is snowing here today, HARD.. im mad.. it's the official first day of spring..

P.S.S. What a horrible weekend, The Health Care Bill passed (which I just can't comprehend, Change for the sake of change isn't good, Well thought out change that may actually be able to work for the betterment of the people and their health, is good), and Greg Byrne is leaving Mississippi State, goodbye Ninja..


Love God. Love People. Hail State


Grace and Peace,
Seth