It's Coming!

Written by Matt Beckner

It’s coming.. rapidly aproaching.. your heartbeat quickens as you frantically find somewhere or something to hide behind.. but you can’t.

Everywhere you turn things are changing all around you. You can’t even tell who you are anymore. You try to run, but it has now overcome you. It has overtaken you with such unexpected force there is nothing you can do.

How can you get away from it?

Where can you turn?

Who can you trust?

You take a breath, close your eyes, and hope that when you open them things will be different. As your eyes are closed, and your long slow breath is exhaled, you feel a.. calmness come over you. You feel relaxed, strengthened, confident, somewhat relieved. You feel you can open your eyes and face the change with courage and compassion for the things that have surrounded you.

In other words.. it’s time for school again! Time to let the things of summer slip away, and in it’s place, the feelings of acceptance, the feelings of fitting in.What you have done this summer will be an almost distant memory as you get your locker combination and class schedule.Your friends might ask you what you did this summer, but it will soon fade and another school year will be on it’s way!!

School should be a place where you can build relationships, encourage others, and get prepaired for the trek to the real world. It’s up to you to make that happen. There are choices. Some easy, some difficult.You don’t have to do it alone.

Make your way to the Waverly Youth Center Sunday evenings for Wildfire Youth. Jr. High starts at 6:00 pm. Sr. High starts at 6:45 with combined games, food, and worship. Jr. High ends at 7:30 pm. Sr. High ends at 8:00.