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Our youth have lost long awaited and meaningful moments, and that loss can be deeply painful. As they grieve, we, as people who love and care for young people in our church, we can be loving, constant and Christ-centered examples of how to manage difficult times.

In a time of uncertainty and fear, helping young people and older adults connect can help the light of the Gospel shine through.

Sometimes it’s difficult to connect with students face to face. Time, distance or times of disaster might mean that you must use other tools to connect. Video meetings are a great tool to help build those relationships.

Coronavirus has fundamentally changed nearly aspect of our daily lives. It’s worth exploring how this is affecting our children and youth, how we can attempt to reach them in the midst of this crisis, and how we can take care of ourselves right now as we attempt to serve others.

I’ve got a lot to learn about prayer, and the Psalms can teach me. When we pray Psalm 142 we learn that it’s not only okay to cry out to the Lord and pour out our complaints to Him, but that we ought to do so because our Father has taught us so to pray by His Word.

How do we keep our hearts from hardening in the midst of quarreling and testing? How can we fix our eyes on Jesus when it seems He’s forgotten us?

Jesus is the living water that our desert souls need.

This week we celebrate Transfiguration Sunday and on this day the words of Psalm 2 are heard as a new King is upon a hill. That this King is different than those kings who had come before Him is obvious. No other king before had shined with the glory of God.

God commands us to live according to His ways because He wants what is best for us. He wants us to enjoy all the good gifts He gives us in the life to their full.

Even in the darkness you experience, the words of the Psalm are true of you: Light dawns in the darkness, you will never be moved, you don’t have to be afraid of bad news, your heart will be firm and steady.