Carring their burdens
Submitted by Huck Finn on July 1 2001 21:18:51
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Have you ever carried your little brother's burdens? The Lord has broken my heart for the kids I worked with at camp a few weeks ago. I mean really broken my heart! More so than he has in the past. He did in the case of MT who was a believer in Christ but not a Child of God. He believed and believed. But never confessed. He never took that step to asked Jesus to forgive him and become his lord. I was able to witness the birth of a new baby Christain. He did it in the case of AN who had been going to church things all his life. But he never really got it. When he saw the change in MT, he wanted to experience what MT had. After explaining the Lord's grace-- HIS gospel-- about three different ways, he finally said, "I get it!" I was able to help birth two new Christan brothers. There has been a LOT of spiritual warefare in AN's life. But that's a whole nother story. He did it in the eyes of a very special boy named Wicks (nickname). Wicks had a lot of emotional baggage that he hid from everyone. The Lord broke him down for me and Wicks confided a lot of personal stuff with me. A LOT of things. Wicks was a Christian tried and true. The Lord gave me assurance of that. But I knew that Wicks had some things I needed to help him with. After a wonderful conversation one night, the Lord allowed me to see into his struggles and help him by showing Wicks that hew as loved. Both by me and by the Lord. But the strongest case was with JS (who was mentioned in another of my posts). JS and I didn't get to go to the six flags near my house. You see, his father contested costody of JS and his sister. He gets monthly visitation with them on a weekend. He had not seen JS and his sis for over a year and a half. It just so happened that the monday before I was going to bring JS to the park that dad actually got custody. I visited JS last Wednesday and found all this out. We were supposed to go last Saturday to the park. He told me about his dad getting the visitation. HE also told me why his dad hadn't gotten visitation before. He told me all about the court hearing and my heart broke. I found out that his one sister is all into the ideas of reincarnation and I have reason to believe she's into wicca and the occult. And a lot of other things really upset me. I came home from a visit that I thought would be uplifting and exciting feelings very saddened and sorrowful. Then when I called him today, my heart broke for the boy again. I asked him about his dad and the visit they had. The things he told me were very disappointing. The father just dragged the kids along with him wherever he needed to go. He seemed very uncaring (from what JS told me). It's really heart breaking. I've been praying for JS a LOT. It really saddens me. I wish I could just give him a hug and NOT let go. JS is very loving to me. He opens up to me a lot. But not too much if you know what I mean. We'd be a lot closer if we lived near each other but he's about an hour away from me. Oh well. the Lord will watch over both of us. I really pray JS appreciates what I try to do for him. I really wonder if it is worth it. I mean it's extremely hard putting myself through an emotional (and spiritual) ringer all the time for this boy. But I love him dearly. I long for him with the affection of Christ(Philippians 1). My motives really are pure with him. I just want to see him grow up to be a strong Christian man. But the way things are going, I sense he will be easily distracted. Please pray for JS and me. God BLess you all, Huck Finn |
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