How Can This Be?

This past week I read a touching yet troubling article about a child from the Englewood community who was 13 years of age. This young man was given the opportunity to request whatever he wanted for Christmas from an organization adopting him and his peers.

Do you know what he wrote? “All I ask for is for safety, I just wanna be safe”  In small print at the conclusion of his letter, he asked for a scarf, gloves, hat and school supplies.

His letter made its way to President Obama, who encouraged this young man and promised to do his best to keep him safe.

Another friend of mine who lives in a pretty affluent community shared that a friend of her daughter’s was beaten and maced over a boy at a nearby party. This is one of those, “How Can This Be?’’, in both interpretations.

So now that we’ve gotten over the shock of it all; let’s use the power God has given. Remember, “The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man or woman availeth much” (James 5:16).

Yours Because He Lives,
Rev. Mel