Life is fragile. Life is a miracle.
Do you remember when you brought that tiny baby home from the hospital? Do you remember how fragile your child felt when you gave that first bath? Life is fragile and life is a miracle was the theme of my testimony that I shared with students in Chapel last week. You never know for sure what students will take away from a Chapel speaker, but I am prayerful they heard why I value each one of them. I know that your middle school student is far from the tiny baby you brought home from the hospital, but your middle school child is just as fragile. Yes, I view the students as fragile miracles. Think of your child as fine crystal or china, so fragile that it cracks and breaks easily. The words said to a middle level student have the potential to send tiny cracks into the inner core of their being. Words said in anger or haste are often never forgotten; neither are words said by friends or classmates who are “just kidding.”
Tuesday, October 14, students will be divided into gender groups during homeroom to continue the discussion based on Frank Peretti’s book, “The Wounded Spirit.” The topic will be “Got Worth?” and the discussion will center on Psalm 139 and how God loves us and is always watching over us. My prayer for our students is that they will find their value in God and for them to know that they are created in His image with a purpose to bring Him glory in everything they do or attempt to do.
Thank you for letting me spend my days with your children.
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