Generations

I had an interesting conversation with a gal on Sunday. I've met her through my work. She was surprised I was attending City Center Church which is mostly a "young adult" church. We have been so blessed attending there and learning so much about the younger generation. After sharing that with her, she told me that her generation is an aimless generation. They have not learned how to put down roots. They are basically directionless because their parents have divorced. She said, "We need people who are stable, who can give us direction and can love us."

I've been thinking about this conversation. I grew up in a community where "divorce" was a rare word. My boys, on the other hand, have grown up in classrooms where having both parents together is almost an oddity. My grandparents, my parents and my husband & I have planted roots. We have determined "to love till death parts us". I've been pondering this generation and how hard it is to think of "roots". I can see what she means as this generation does seem to drift a lot. They settle here for a while and then move over there for awhile - until it doesn't "feel" right. I just can't imagine. I've also seen so many of "my generation" not stay the course and in many ways reject their "godly" roots and therefore have made generationX what they are.

I'm hopeful though as I see this generation reaching out for God in a greater capacity and a greater depth and ready to do radical things for God than my generation. That is SOOOO exciting. I pray they will stay in the race and finish well.

Speaking of generations, I thank God for my parents as they have not always understood the next generation but they have adjusted amazingly. They don't complain about the music but love to see the youth coming to know God and loving life. When we came home with an Andre Crouch record in the 70's, my Dad nearly hit the roof. Andre Crouch wrote "Through It All". See they have come a LONG way. They have seen so many in their community become believers. They have listened well. They have loved much. They have encouraged and served others tremendously. I've watch them do things that they maybe didn't feel comfortable doing so they could share the love of God with their friends.

So I've been blessed by the older generation and the younger generation. It was funny as my husband & I were discussing this on our way to church Sunday morning. We were talking about how we feel like we are the peanut butter between the generations. We like the older generation but we like the younger generation. Neither can always understand the other but we somehow relate to both.

Strange but it's all good!