Students are messy...they're humans and humans are messy. Their lives are straight jacked up. How could anyone be stable when they get on the bus in the mornings at 4 different houses... depending on whose custody day it happens to be. With no one to even help with homework, making dinner for themselves and their siblings at night, and having no positive voices around them at home... it's apparent what will flow out of them. Students are struggling to be someone. They desperately want to be noticed, and will do anything if in their twisted perspective makes them be accepted or look cool.
Dr. Phil had a special on his show today about girls... in fact it was titled "Mini- Mean girls". Girls as young as 6 were appearing on the show...from both sides of bullying. One bully admitted that she was scared of people being mean to her (perhaps everyone is mean at home?). As a result of this fear, she said she thought she could scare people into being nice to her so she didn't have to deal with people hurting herself. She was 11 I think... tragic. Girls on the other side of the issue opened up about feelings of being left out by "groups" of girls... girls being exclusive.
It's an age old problem... girls are girls...and girls are mean, by nature. As a girl who probably has been on both sides of this issue at times... I wish I could re-do everything in school. I was definitely made fun of and left out in school. However, I've definitely probably had times where I've been a little too exclusive and have made other girls feel left out. My heart breaks for both sides. The bullies need help...there are serious at war within them causing them to act out in such harsh ways. Those being bullied need love, compassion, and grace. They both need Jesus. I can never depend on my students to bring their friend to youth group. Afterall, what girl seriously is going to be BFF with a bully and bring them to church?? THINK ABOUT IT!! It's up to be to go to them...to take love to them. We can't depend on their friends to bring them to our churches, nor can we expect it to just happen eventually. I can't wait to get into school campuses and meet and be with these girls face to face ON THEIR TURF, not mine!
I can't help but see so much correlation with Youth Alive and this epidemic of "Mean Girls". I'm ready to bust outta these walls called itineration and give those bullies a big fat hug and tell them I care about them and love them! I can't wait to speak soft encouraging words of LIFE into those girls lives who have been ripped apart by those just mentioned. I just simply can't wait!
<3 Tiffany
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