Every child has possibilities? The short answer – YES! Every child!!
I once heard a teacher talk about a child in terms that I found astounding. She talked about this student as if his life was over; as if he weren’t worth her time; as if he (or she) had no reason to bother. The teacher had no hope in this child or his future nor did the student. My heart sank. I still feel pain for this child who I didn’t even know. How might this student ever succeed, if the very person who is supposed to be educating him doesn’t believe he can. For a child to have hope and live in pursuit of their possibilities – the adults in a child’s life must believe in them.
There are a lot of issues out there. I am not naive to that. Kids and families are battling for survival and for other basic life needs. Devoted teachers and other passionate professionals who work in service to children are tirelessly looking for ways to achieve successful outcomes for children.
We must all possess the fundamental belief in the possibilities of ALL children. We must stand firm on the promises of God.
We must first know that every child belongs on this earth. When anyone wonders what on earth is this child here for…we must confidently and boldly say – for God’s purpose.
- Jeremiah 1:5 says – “Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee…”
- Psalms 139:14 says – “…for I am fearfully and wonderfully made…”
- Psalms 119:73 says – “Thy hands have made me and fashioned me…”
- Exodus 4:11 says – “…Who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the Lord?“
- St. John 9:1-3 says – “And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth. And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind?” Jesus answered, ” Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.”
