A Night Out On The Town

This is my first blog entry since moving back to Dunedin for the year.
Very exciting.
So last night I went to my first ever hen's night. It was a lot of fun.
There were many laughs to be had, especially because I am so immature when it comes to the sorts of things you would do at a hen's night. I'm sure you could think up some scandalous things on your own, they actually weren't that bad at all, I am just waaaay more immature than I ever realised.
But its all in good fun.
The part that got me about last night was when we went to town so the Bride-to-be could complete these crazy missions that all of the party guests thought up.
Now, I hadn't been to town since I gave up alcohol for good back in July 2010, so this was quite strange going back to these places I'd only ever been to while intoxicated. I was also wearing a nice dress and heels, like the majority of other girls in the group.
We got a few random yells and what not, which you would expect from people, but what bothered me more than the sleazy drunk guys were the insecure-looking girls wearing tiny little dresses that barely covered anything.
I could see that these girls were out on a Saturday night trying to find some sort of acceptance, whether that was by "having fun" (i've done it and it wasn't fun for me) drinking and dancing with their friends or if it was by finding a guy who would give them the attention that they craved. It could easily have been both.
I saw a lot of people in different clubs just sitting there on a couch. Looking pretty uninspired.
Why?! Why can't they see that they don't have to go out to the clubs to have a good time. It doesn't look like they are having a good time.
I did the clubbing thing, it isn't that great.
It's pretty tiring and gets tedious after a while.
If people want to have a dance, that's fine. But why do so many people go out with the intention to get wasted off their face? Is it to forget about their problems? Is it so they are confident enough to go out dressed in barely anything and find a guy who doesn't actually have their best interests in mind at all but only really cares about scoring a chick for the night?
It is so sad.
I didn't cry about it last night like I have done in the past, but my heart goes out to these people.
I want to tell these girls that Jesus loves them SOOOO MUCH! That He has an amazing plan for their life, that they are treasured princesses of the most High God who only wants the best for them.
They don't have to be out here looking for self-worth in all the wrong places.
I only find my worth in God. Nothing else that I do is going to make me feel as special as I do when I think about how much God loves me and created me for a purpose, as He has for everyone else.
I realise now that I have a real heart for telling the people who are out on the town about God and how much of a change Him being in your life can make.
So that is my plan for this year... and the following years.
God bless everyone who bothers to read this, you are awesome haha :-)