One thing that I have found to be one of the most unfair things I've come in counter with is knowing that some people have the greatest opportunity without have the least bit of passion. The main point I'm going with this is men who have the opportunity to do youth ministry but have the least bit of passion for it. They view being a youth minister as a job and a pay check instead of seeing it as one of the greatest opportunities on the face of the planet.
It just frustrates me so much because as a woman in my denomination I will never have the opportunity to be a youth pastor. My dreams and my passions lay in the hands of a man. Every single time I try to express my desire for youth ministry, everyone says well maybe you'll marry a youth pastor. While that would be wonderful if that's what God has in store for me but the way it is presented is that I'm not complete, that I cannot do youth ministry unless I have a man to go under. Like if I where to marry a man without that passion (which I don't think will happen) I would have to use him to get into youth ministry. Like when women use to write books but would have to go under a man's name to get published.
While I know I can still be a youth worker, Sunday school teacher and everything else of equal importance really, but it just truly gets under my skin when I see a youth group dwindle and not grow because the youth pastor's heart isn't in it. It breaks my heart and brings me to tears. I just can't believe that people don't see how precious the responsibility of being a youth pastor is. That's when people need Christ the most because high school is the most dangerous battlefield out there for young Christians. I mean why can't there be a team youth pastor because not every youth pastor's wife wants to be in youth ministry. Well if the wife of the youth pastor doesn't want to help who do the girls go to? I might be crazy but I never felt like I could just prance up to my youth pastor and talk to him about my girl problems. Why can't a lady be put in place for that sole purpose.
I could go on and on but I think that's a good place to stop...at least for now.
