Sunday, October 21, 2007

Spending time with the jetts.

Recently, especially after reading the, "A call to the rescue" GN, i felt the burden and the lord calling me to reach out more to the Jetts and younger teens in the home.
They're all an important part of life, and are the future of the family, but i never realized that the older teens and Ya's are the ones who needed to play a big part when they were in need until i read it.
But yeah, after that, i committed myself to try my best, and i realized that it's fun and not actually such a difficult thing to do.
The difficult thing is keeping it up, but the lord's been helping me to make it possible by spending most or all of my free time of the day by using it wisely, even though it would just be talking to them or doing a project with them.
It also made me think and look back and think about the time i was a Jett and early teen, and all the battles that i went through, and thanking the lord that i was rescued by someone before it was too late.
Well, not exactly. When i was 13, I had to make that decision by myself, cus there was no one to shepherd me or help me, and i was sure i was not going to make it, but the lord broke me many times, until i finally gave in to him and decided to trust him, even though i was in the pit of despair and i felt no hope at all.
But soon enough, the situation got better, and i also was able to get shepherded and rescued by another family who moved to our home right after that.
So yeah, looking back at all that i went through throughout a few years back, is a real blessing that i can say right now, even though it felt like a real burden, it made me grow closer to Him.
And now i'm so happy that i can reach out and help them, and i'm so thankful that i have what it takes to help them when they go through similar battles, and spend time with them to the best f my ability.
Thank you Jesus that though it is a trial sometimes, and i can get slack and lazy once in a while, like i do on anything else once in a while, he's been helping me to continue on and make it possible, by giving me the strength and putting me through things that are making me closer to the lord and others.

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