"Teenager"

I found this poem a few weeks before I turned thirteen and loved it. You can find it at ylcf.org.

"Teenager"

This word "teenager"

Has a bad connotation

Throughout the world,

And especially our nation.

It brings thoughts of

Baggy pants and orange hair;

Of a young girl who’s pregnant,

And of kids who don’t care.

These teens have got a

BIG ATTITUDE!

And boy, they sure know how

To be impolite and rude.

Some teens have their sports,

Youth Groups and Sunday Schools;

Their Bible studies and

Prayers at the flag poles.

But these teens still don’t seem

To get the complete picture of

What it means to be like

The Savior Above.

For Christians should be different—

We’re not to fit in!

God doesn’t care if we’re cool—

He wants to keep us from sin!

What if the word "teenager"

Brought to your mind

Someone honest and polite,

Loving, giving, and kind?

What if it meant someone

On fire for the Lord,

Who eagerly read

And obeyed His Word?

What if we were to create

A completely new definition

For this word "teenager"

Which doesn’t get honorable mention?

Just think of the changes

That would happen in the U.S.A.

If our teenagers lived

By God’s way each day!

Now wouldn’t it be awesome?

Why don’t we give it a try?!

Let’s give it our all,

Getting help from on High.

Let’s make a new meaning

For that disesteemed word;

Let’s make a difference

For Jesus our Lord!

-Gretchen L. Glaser

{Sorry for the shortness of posts around here, folks. I'm working on some more in-depth stuff!}