Family

I hope that you (whoever i am talking to right now) understand how important it is to appreciate your family. Even if you only see them and talk to them on the weekends or if you cannot stand to stay at family events over an hour. In that one hour know that you should be thankful for what you have.
Since i have been working at this camp I am at i have had two foster girls in my "cabin" and they both have stories. One girl would literally not talk to me... like she didn't speak unless spoken too... I dont know why, that is just how she was. The other girl talked, talked, talked all the time! She was great! She told me her story one day and I was just overwhelmed with information and the things that she had to go through.
One night she was acting a little strange and I called her out into the hall and asked her what was wrong. She told me nothing...and I knew that wasn't the truth.
Well as we started talking I came to find out all the girls in the cabin were hanging out during "free time" and they left before she got there. So she felt really left out and like they didn't like her. Then she said the words you never want to here any child say..." No one wants me".... When those words came out of her mouth I think I died a little inside.I was speechless, just trying to hold back the tears.
We sat there and i watched her cry for a moment and all I wanted to say is that I wanted her, I would always be there for her... but that is not true. In two weeks at the time I would have to let her go back to her foster home and I would probably never see her again.
That is when I was reminded that how hard it is to point people to God. It's easy for me... I believe in Him and I know He is here..but what about people who have never heard to the story of Jesus before. That there is an Almighty Power that created EVERYTHING yet He still cares about me and them. Then how can I explain that to her? Will it make sense and how much of what I say will stick with her?
But I told her what I thought God had laid on my heart. How even though it looks like He is not right here He is. Although things happen and we sometimes never know why, there is a reason. That the Almighty Power who created EVERYTHING is watching over her and is going to use her life to change others.
She went into the room, I put them all to sleep and wept. All I could do was weep. Sometime later in the week her and I got a chance to have a one on one conversation again. I asked her how she was doing and what she thought about our last conversation and she told me the next day during her personal devotion time she found a verse..."And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of."(Gen 28:15) She said she read it everyday. By the grace of God He met her in scripture. He sent the Holy Spirit to speak through me and to lead her to that verse told(And showed) that He is always here and He will use her life for great things. He reminded me just how Powerful and Almighty He really is and gave her a message that will carry her through the rest of her life....and He used me.
Though there are times we cannot stand out family and friends...be thankful and know when they fall short(and even if they dont) God will always be there...