My brother Aidan is age 6- the years where the parents start to expect the kid to start being mature, and the kid is definately not ready yet.
Aidan wanted to watch a particular movie that wasn't appropriate for him. He wanted to "be like his older brother", Andrew, and be able to see movies like that.
When my parents told him no, Aidan cried and screamed. He said a lot of stuff he didn't mean, a lot of stuff that got him in trouble. He kept asking and asking, even though he had no chance of being able to watch this movie.
I thought he was being childish and immature, and wondered how he couldn't see that this wasn't changing anything and seeing that movie wasn't good for him.
Then suddenly I realized that this story wasn't much different than the lives of every teenager.
God says a lot of stuff in the bible that we can't do. And even though we know we can't, we plead with God, we ask why he told us not to do this, we say it won't do any harm, when really he's protecting us from something that isn't good for us.
Hope this gave you a new perspective on things. Feel free to comment.
-Sunny
Friday, May 28, 2010
The Cliche Story in Real Context
Hey Everyone. Here's someone for us to keep in our prayers:
Just last night I got an interesting text message from my friend. Interesting in a bad way. It said,
My Dads not coming back... ever.
Well, at first I was sure my friend's, who I'll nickname Shimmer, Dad was dead. It seemed pretty much like what it said. But, after questioning her further, I learned the true story, which is completely heartbreaking.
My friend Shimmer's father had left them, but that on it's own couldn't be enough.
Ever since Shimmer had been 7, her father had been cheating on her mother. It started out innocent enough. Her dad wanted to be famous, and he was pretty good at playing the guitar. He started going to bars and such.
Then he met two women, my friend told me on the phone. Her voice cracked at this point- her mother had told her it all just a while ago and it was still fresh in her memory. Well, you can guess what happened with those two women that night.
This went on for a long time before her mom found out, but online, through texts, and lots of other stuff.
She told me this all this morning and I had to get it off my chest. Poor Shimmer. Life couldn't be any harder for her right now.
Keep her in your prayers.
-Sunny
Just last night I got an interesting text message from my friend. Interesting in a bad way. It said,
My Dads not coming back... ever.
Well, at first I was sure my friend's, who I'll nickname Shimmer, Dad was dead. It seemed pretty much like what it said. But, after questioning her further, I learned the true story, which is completely heartbreaking.
My friend Shimmer's father had left them, but that on it's own couldn't be enough.
Ever since Shimmer had been 7, her father had been cheating on her mother. It started out innocent enough. Her dad wanted to be famous, and he was pretty good at playing the guitar. He started going to bars and such.
Then he met two women, my friend told me on the phone. Her voice cracked at this point- her mother had told her it all just a while ago and it was still fresh in her memory. Well, you can guess what happened with those two women that night.
This went on for a long time before her mom found out, but online, through texts, and lots of other stuff.
She told me this all this morning and I had to get it off my chest. Poor Shimmer. Life couldn't be any harder for her right now.
Keep her in your prayers.
-Sunny
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