"We never talk of our lacking relationships"

Is it sad that I took 5 high school freshmen to dinner tonight and I was at least two inches shorter than all of them?

But seriously, tonight was a fun time with those guys and it reminded me of why I have such a heart for high school kids. I can't imagine that life ever gets much worse for any guy than it is at age 15. First dates, first kisses, driving permits, acne, etc. Not many things that anyone looks back upon dearly. Everything is new and awkard. What is comfortable isn't cool anymore and what is cool changes almost constantly. Insecurity rules every thought, word, and action. Insecurity and girls that is. Problems that face these kids get minimized by time and maturity...but at that time they are huge and real.

And once again...I wonder if I am only in ministry because I am terribly selfish. Because I take way more out of this than I put in. But that insecure freshman partly remains in all of us. I realized tonight that...in several ways...if I look deeper, a 15 year old Torry Patton...although he existed 11 years ago...offers great insight into who I am now.

Bonus points to who can tell me where the title of this post came from?