There are times when i am with kids at my various afterschool programs that my heart just breaks. Some of them have absent parents, whether it's physically, emotionally or mentally distant. Some don't have a good home to find refuge in. And some are so hungry for the gospel.
Today, I was almost on the brink of tears. I love this season. This season reminds me of all that should have happened to humanity for the price of our sins, and yet Christ bore it all for me. Jesus paid the price so we don't have too. The gravity of that news is a burden and I just can't let someone I know and love go without hearing it. Well, anyways, today at after school, some kids were working on the worksheet, and a couple are like "We don't celebrate Easter." I asked them why, and they said "We're Jehovah's witness." I can almost feel the spiritual battle taking place there, and my heart breaks for them.
i have to admit that having a heart break for people feels alot better than apathy. I'd rather hurt and someone know they are loved and important than to go a lifetime with happiness and never show that love. Some call it parenthood. I call it... Brokenness I guess.
Funny story though!!! actually a couple. First, i left my fone and watch at home, so I never worked on the time restraints that I normally do today but i still had to ask the time occasionally. it was weird. and another cute story. Today I picked up one of the kids like a sack of potatoes and was asked him "what's your name?" he said "Sack'o'tatoes!" and then his sister wanted to be the a sack of potatoes. It was a good day at afterschool and I watched most of pistachio with the kids. What an excellent picture of how God pursues us so that we can be his!!!
Well, I'm off now. I'll talk to you guys later.
In Him,
<>< The adventurer
