Sunday, November 05, 2006
Hey everyone,
Two prayer requests:
One, that I would be able to love these kids and myself enough to not take some of the things they say and do personally. I love them and they love me, but they can hurt a person who loves them very easily, especially when that person expects the best out of them and believes in them and holds them to high standards, which they need and want but don't like in the moment they are being disciplined. Please pray that our staff would persevere in loving discipline for them, because we are called to love them in this way, and it can get so hard.
Two, that I would continue to make steps towards accepting God's love for me; this is something I have always struggled with, and with the emotional intensity of being apart of the SAY Yes! program and investing in these kids, I can get pretty down on myself. The Lord calls us to recieve His love and love ourselves in a way that honors Him and what He has done for us, the good news that Jesus spoke about, that "we are all bastards but God loves us anyways", and "how great the Father's love for us that we should be called children of God". Pray that I would believe truth and not lies, and that I would let that truth change how I treat myself and the people around me, especially the ones I hold dear.
Thank you for your prayers.
Justin
Two prayer requests:
One, that I would be able to love these kids and myself enough to not take some of the things they say and do personally. I love them and they love me, but they can hurt a person who loves them very easily, especially when that person expects the best out of them and believes in them and holds them to high standards, which they need and want but don't like in the moment they are being disciplined. Please pray that our staff would persevere in loving discipline for them, because we are called to love them in this way, and it can get so hard.
Two, that I would continue to make steps towards accepting God's love for me; this is something I have always struggled with, and with the emotional intensity of being apart of the SAY Yes! program and investing in these kids, I can get pretty down on myself. The Lord calls us to recieve His love and love ourselves in a way that honors Him and what He has done for us, the good news that Jesus spoke about, that "we are all bastards but God loves us anyways", and "how great the Father's love for us that we should be called children of God". Pray that I would believe truth and not lies, and that I would let that truth change how I treat myself and the people around me, especially the ones I hold dear.
Thank you for your prayers.
Justin
