Context is king

I had a random thought.   What else is new?  I feel like my brain is trying to tweet, only giving me clips of insight under 140 characters.

I was thinking about things I would tell my teenaged self now that I am older and supposedly wiser.  There are many things I would tell myself, but I'm pretty sure I would not have listened.

I was also thinking that the things at my age, 46, which I would tell my teenaged self are different than what I would have told my teenaged self when I was 25 years old.  What I would have told my teenaged self before I had teenagers is different than what I would say now, having raised three teenagers.

Context is crucial.

This comes into my head at moments when I look at the trend to have youth leaders who are young.  I think we need a balance between those who are young and have a closer memory to their teen years and those who have actually raised teenagers.  Balance is good.  I like balance.

Comments

[Becky]

When I saw the title of this post I was sure it was going to address the importance of not taking Bible verses out of context (which, we shouldn't), but this works too. :)