We’ve all been there, but some of us don’t want to admit it. How could we be so bold as to question if God really cares? In reality many of us have walked through a time in our lives when we thought God had abandoned us. In their song “Never Alone,” Barlow Girl expresses that feeling perfectly; “I waited for you, today, but you didn’t show.”

Here’s the bottom line; if we as leaders are asking these questions then you can imagine what is going on inside the students in your youth group. As they face pressure and crisis, they have real questions that deserve authentic answers. Questions like:

• “God, if You know everything, why do I feel so alone?”
• “God, why did You let my friend commit suicide?”
• “God, I have a question for You, ‘Why did You let me get abused?’”
• “God, if you’re really in control, why can’t I get rid of this secret sin?”
• “God, if You really know everything, why don’t you fix everything and why don’t you just fix everybody, because if I was God, that’s what I would do.”

There are no Christian clich