I Feel Like A Parent

I feel like a parent, at least, I think I do, I guess I won't really know for sure until I am actually a parent for real. (which is a looooong way away) But I feel like a parent to these kids in the youth group. I love these kids, they're awesome, yet frustrating at the same time. I don't think they fully realize how much I care if they succeed or fail. I don't think if they'll realize that why their in the youth group, just like I didn't realize what my parents did was for my good until I was out of the house. It wasn't until I started working with youth groups until I really understood what my parents meant when they said, "I'm not mad, I'm just disappointed." I don't get mad at them a lot, I just get disappointed when I see poor choices made. But at the same time I love it when I see them happy, when they succeed, when I see God working in their lives and I see them working to make God a stronger influence in theirs.