the next generation growing and beautiful and blessed by God with a passion for peace. They want to know how to avoid the mistakes we've made. They want to know how to beat us in goodness and grace and hope.
It was encouraging to me to spend some time with some young men at the MALES Place, yesterday. God is good and has a wonderful plan for their lives. It is up to us to help these children find the wonderful plan for their lives early in life and not give themselves to the plans that they have in their minds for foolishness.
There are good men who are giving themselves to wrestling the foolishness out of these boys, who are not their children. I am thankful to have had the opportunity to meet these children and to fit them into my schedule; between the 6 young minds that I have the privilege of wrestling with.
"When is God going to come through for me with the family that I've been put into?"
They all seemed to say. God is above the family that He has placed us in. God has a plan for my life and He is able to use me and make me amidst any kind of mess.
I wanted to tell them about Daniel, who was alone on this earth. Snatched from a loving family and placed into a wicked, wicked world power. He had no earthly advocate. He had no earthly confidant that could deliver him from the King. I wanted to tell these boys to start a prayer meeting, like Daniel did with Shadrach, Meshach and Abednigo. See what God does with the prayers of young people. Their mommas were young enough to be my children and they were all about my Enoch's age. Keep Hope Alive, is what I wanted to say.
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