I was reading my nephew's blog about a young teenage boy subjected to bullying this week and I still haven't gotten over it. When I read about his last morning at home something inside me broke and I had trouble putting it out of my mind for the rest of the week.
You can read it here if you like http://www.leaderpost.com/sports/Bullied+teen+still+missing/2621326/story.html
I immediately thought of my own children. Do I spend enough time with them? Do I listen? I also feel guilt for my own words when I was young because I know I used them for evil at times. I hope God protected and strengthened the people I was mean to or didn't stand up for.
The part of me that I don't like to talk about craves an eye for an eye but it's infinitely more powerful to have your own heart condem you.
When I think of the Psalms I often think of them as beautiful prophetic poetry but some are dark...
O daughter of Babylon, who are to be destroyed, Happy the one who repays you as you have served us!
Happy the one who takes and dashes your little ones against the rock! - Psalm 137:8,9
This is classic eye for eye, tooth for tooth. Depressed and angry Israel was craving revenge for the atrocities that she had suffered. Israel's children were broken against stones. Now, with hearts of stone, we break children with words. God's Word breaks the heart of stone.
“Is not My word like a fire?” says the LORD, “And like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?" - Jeremiah 23:29
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How many cries for help does one kid need to make?
When I read the article I could not believe that the school didn't do anything until he ran away. I guess they thought the problem would fix itself.
It's hard to imagine why adults would allow this to happen... What is it that they say about how to boil a lobster? Put him in cold water and raise the water temp by a degree every 10 mins. By the time he figures out he's in hot water it's too late.
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