Blogging Take Two ;-)

As fun as blogging seems, I just can't get into it! I love reading other peoples blogs. I guess that is because I'm nosey. But seriously, there have been so many blogs that I've read over the years that turned out to be a huge encouragement to me. I guess my ultimate goal is to hopefully some day have one of "those posts" that helps someone. Helps someone to see that they aren't the only one with problems. It's so easy to get down and if we aren't careful we start letting the devil convince us that we have terrible lives and there's not even a point in trying anymore. This time of year always convicts me. I teach the teen girls class in a program called Character First!

Let me just pause for a second and say how thankful I am for the family the Lord has blessed me with. These girls deal with things much harder than anything I've ever had to go through. For only being 13-17, they've been through a lot! I don't know what it's like to grow up in the home of an alcoholic or drug dealer. I don't know what it's like to have to raise my younger siblings because my parent(s) stay out all night partying.  That's how it is for a lot of our bus kids and kids that attend character first. Uncle JD says "They'll get into your heart or they'll get under your skin." That's the absolute truth. A lot of them have bad attitudes. They can seem extremely annoying and completely disrespectful at times. But before being critical of them and letting them get "under my skin" I always make myself stop and think. The truth is, I would act the exact same way if I was being treated the way they get treated. If I had to live the lives they live. They just need to know someone cares. They need to know someone loves them. That's why we are here. We are here to share the love of Christ with others.