Wednesday, November 19, 2008

It is happening again!

I am a leader at my kids AWANA (kids bible study) club. I take two kids from my neighborhood with me each week. Don't ask me why I started doing this, but now they won't let me stop. They love it! They really don't fit in with all the churched white kids. The memorizing of verses for them is hard. They are in 4th and 6th grades and they are having kids in kindergarten pass them. They have no manners and wonder why the other kids say they are mean. Tonight as I talked to Julie she cried because she didn't have any friends. I suggested she pick someone and say something nice to them. "They don't look like they deserve it". "What should I say" My 3 year old has a better handle on how to talk to someone than this 9 year old. So again God is breaking my heart. I hate seeing kids suffer. I know what her family and school life is like. I know the pain her 10 older brothers and sisters have suffered and how they have learned to cope with pain. I care about Julie. She hasn't even turned her back on God and yet my heart is breaking for her. I just can't win! God please use my tears as prayers for her because I just don't have the words or the strength.

1 comment:

Kelly @ Love Well said...

Dang.

I wish I could do something IN REAL LIFE to make it better.

But I can't.

Still, I'm praying. Praying that God would fortify your heart and be your strength as you continue to open yourself up to this kind of love.