Tight schedule!
Our retreat ended after breakfast Saturday morning and I had to get up to Le Riou by lunchtime in order to join our Teens group. Our leaders had organised a combined youth group day up in snow country with 2 other churches of our Union.
Four hours it took me! When I was young and living in Australia, it was nothing!!
Thank God for the French motorways. Perhaps not very environmentally conscious, but they are great for getting you from A to B.
And it was worth it because instead of snow, we had the most glorious autumn day with a view right to the French Alpes. The 23 kids didn't get to ride on dog sleds, but they were hooked up to the dogs and learned to control them and especially how to run behind them!
Luc is learning to put the harness on himself, then on the dog. He had the leader of the pack, because we figured that being a rugbyman, he'd control the situation!
He did a lot of running!! But to be honest, he controlled the dog well.
Should we make the parallel between being yoked up to Jesus?
I couldn't help thinking about parenting being a little like this exercise!
But what I particularly believe in is mentoring, accompanying and discipling. And for that you walk with a person and are linked to them for part of your and their journey. You learn to work with them, how to anticipate their needs, how to transmit your understanding.
Or it's like letting the Holy Spirit lead you...
Sometimes you are waiting,
Sometimes you run.
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