Two against one.
Late
this morning, I held my daughter while she sobbed in tears and choking
breaths. Why? Two against one.. The last time these three girls got
together, my daughter was left out while the other two went happily on
their way, unknowingly causing pain. Did they really mean to? Yes and
No. Will my daughter do it to another? Yes. Will they do it to her?
Yes. How could I tell her the truth..... that it will happen over and
over all of her life. That even as adults, this happens. What do we do
about it? Well, in the warmth and love of my arms I told her that it
was certain to happen again. But, that Jesus was the God of
relationships as well. He can heal and make things right. He can bind
and unify.
When she had finished, she lay spent and said, "I feel better now". As
an adult, I want that kind of relationship with God. God wipes away our
tears and we say, "I feel better now".
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1:30 PM, Feb. 18, 2006
.. Posted by lena
This kind of situation is so hard to watch our children go through.
It is the weirdest thing that I still can not read your last entry. This entry is just fine, but the one before it still looks like a wingding font on my computer.
Hope you have a great weekend.
Lena
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I have experienced this myself, both being the one left out and my child being the one left out. It really hurts, especially when it is Christians doing it. Just yesterday I was talking to a little girl (almost 14) who was a previous classmate of my son's. They both use to attend our Church's private school. We pulled our son out 2 yrs ago and began homeschooling. At Christmas break this year Samantha was pulled out and sent to public school. I asked her how she liked the new school and she got a huge grin and said "Oh, I love it." I was SO happy to hear it. I adore this little girl. She is one of those old fashion little girls who isn't in a hurry to be "grown up" but just acts and dresses as a young lady. (Todays youth is in such a big hurry to grow up and act and dress years beyond. And I have to be truthful in that I am not sure some of the clothes fashion styles are appropriate at any age!) I asked her why she decided to change in the middle of the year (and she had always gone to our school) and she said "Because no one here liked me and they didn't treat me nice." That just broke my heart !! I had noticed while my son was still there that often Samantha was sitting off to the side, alone. I am also proud that Samantha didn't "join the crowd" and "try to change herself or her values" to fit it. She remained her sweet, true and pure self, the Samantha God created !!
I guess I am silly to think that things would be different in private Christian school, that the kids would love each other as Christ loves- accepting and freely. And that they wouldn't be influenced so easily "to the world" and it's values. But it sure seems that things should be different in Christian school.
Jannie
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