I'm reading the book of Revelations this month and am in the sixteenth chapter. I went to a few Sunday School lessons on the book about a year ago, but was so lost in all the symbolism that I was left behind quickly. I've felt troubled for days on what I've read in this chapter. This chapter covers the seven angels that open their vials upon the earth and the degree of pain and sufferage that those "Left behind" will endure. It makes me really feel like, how can God do this even to the unbelieving sinners. It makes me even more sad to realize that many that I know could endure this and the urgency of it all. This sure does put a new spin on the term "God fearing" to me.
I think of the little kids I see on Wednesday nights and those that we don't see- and that children like them could suffer this way? I think of this little five year old girl I know named Ashton who is living in a home that is so far from Godly, and yet there is this inner place that she has within her that I've seen the past couple of weeks. She is usually uncontrollable, irritable, sassy, and just doesn't get along with anyone. In December, one day during the week when I was at the school picking up the kids, I saw her in the window and she was waving like crazy to me. I didn't think she even knew who I was since I'm not her teacher, but here she was smiling away and waving like mad. I waved like crazy back at her and left the school. Then a week or so later, during our WOL Christmas party game time, all of sudden she came up to me and hugged me. I nearly cried. Everyone was shocked- this was not like Ashton. We had several weeks off for the holidays and then club was back up last week. She was acting up again with the girls in her group- called Katia a really bad name even. I had a talk with her later that night and she apologized. The thing is that prior to December, I really had no interaction with this girl. Something happened and all of a sudden it would seem that I'm her friend. Was it the fact that I waved like crazy right back at her at school, was she that hungry for someone to acknowledge her in a positive way? It breaks my heart to think of it. She has several older, bully-type brothers that I'm sure pick on her, her mom seems to be nonexistant and there's no father in the home. When it was 20 degrees and windy outside, she came to club with a short sleeved shirt on and no coat. Please pray for Ashton, as far as I know, she's not saved. The Lord can turn her heart and he's sure working on her.
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