Places I Sit
I sit beside her on a bench in the school gym. Tears filled her eyes as she looked at me & says "Deanna, I just want to go to heaven now! This girl was not even ten years old, but she had been taunted, & torn into pieces verbally & emotionally by her peers. She wants an easy escape from the hurt & the pain. My heart hurts for her...God, why don't we value people...why can't everyone see that all people are YOURS...precious & loved! I sit beside her at a table in the drop-in...She told me that her mother--the very woman who gave birth to her called her stupid, said she didn't love her & that she would never be anything. So she wanders around trying to find acceptance & love in her boyfriend, friends, partying...whatever!! Again my heart hurts as I tell her that God says She IS loved, She DOES have a purpose....and can find all the love she needs if she'd turn to Jesus! I sit listening to him as he shares that people have tore him d