have you felt awkward lately

In youth ministry if we don't feel awkward we probably aren't doing a good job reaching our teens. It is easy for us to fall into being complacent when we feel like we have a good group of teens and we meet up with them often and things are good. It is so important to remember that we should always be reaching out to kids that we don't know as well as the "youth group superstars". How often are you putting yourself in a place where you are uncomfortable, really leaving your comfort zone to make yourself present to teens. This is a struggle in almost every ministry I know of but if we want to be like Christ and follow in his steps we must put ourselves out there and love the outcast and look for the unloved and show them the love of Christ. If we are sitting in the office or youth center hanging out with the kids we know how will these other teens come to know that they are loved by a God who died for us. So I ask you one more time gave you put yourself in a place that you feel awkward or uncomfortable lately. If you don't feel like this once a week you should look into making a change in your ministry. God bless you!