| | Latley I've been thinking about the youth of our nation more and more and how they are so hungry and crying out for something more substantial then what they have been given. How they need to have that force in their lives that will go to bat for them when they are feeling lonley and hurt, how they need someone there to say, hey man, I know that you messed up, but there is life beyond your little screw up. They need people who will come into their lives that will tell them how beautiful or how handsome they are, how wonderful they are and how they are not worthless or good for nothing. I think I've been thinking about this more and more because of my new job that I just started. I'm seeing kids who are elementary school age acting out and responding to things that had been told to them or that they just never learned. I'm seeing kids as young as 4 being labeled as "bad kids" because they were never told in their lives how wonderful they are! Wow, I just feel this pain in my being for these kids. I know this is the calling that I have been made to have. I know this is the area I need to be focusing on more and more because these kids deserve more then they are given. When these kids go on to be teens and eventually adults they will carry this on if nothing is done, then we will get more teens who want that love in their lives and more teen pregnancys, more drug abuse, more crimes because they people just want to be loved and they are reaching out and our society is not responding to them.
Now for what I want to do for them. I want to be the force that is in their lives that says get back on track, move past this little thing that has happened and reach your potential and more! God created you for more then you are now! He didn't make any junk. He is wonderful and good and he knew what he was doing when he created you. He made you beautiful and spotless and gave you that free will that you are so choosing to use right now. He showed you off to the angels when he made you, I mean he knows every hair on your head! He is the creator of good and not of bad! This has been on my heart a lot and makes you think about why some people are the way that they are. They have been shaped from day one to be these "bad people" because of where they came from or what they've been told. I mean not everyone is this way, but if you look at a good majority of it, they have been given this bad lot in life. My challenge to anyone who reads this: make sure you look at the good in those around you today, even if they are "bad people" or they have just done you wrong. Look past the wrong doing and look at something good about them. Then give them that compliment that they may need. This may just change they way that this person treats you, or it may change the way you view this person. Either way, it's something that needs to be done. Give a kid a hug if they need one, give an adult a hug if thats what they need, just do something really good for that person and it may change your life.
Speaking of this, if you haven't seen Fireproof yet, go see it! It's got this principle in this movie, but it's geared towards the marriage part. It applys to everyone in your life though!
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| | Posted 11/2/2008 7:35 AM - 11 Views - 2 eProps - 1 Comment
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