Choices!!

  
Well alot has happened since I last blogged! Sorry about not keeping this very current. I guess I just struggle sitting down to take time and write, as writing has never been my strong point as I prefer other methods of communication. :)
    Today has been a hard day yet at the same time it has revealed a lot to me. For the first time I had to apply a certain part of my training that I was comfortable learning, but something I prayed that I would never have to use. Seeing a teen make a wrong choice that has consequences you know they will hate and they won’t listen to reasoning is very hard. To see them deny their part in it and blame everyone else involved as if there is a short circuit and their brain can't handle that they are to blame for their own choices. Then to be the one that has to deal out the consequence and process it with them when they are still in denial is difficult.
     This got me to thinking about life and how many times does God try to show us we are heading in the wrong direction and we refuse to listen to His loving directions and we start blaming others or live in denial of any consequences that may occur because of our choices?. How God's heart must tear in two each time He has to lovingly watch as we receive the consequences of our choices and actions! Consequences we could have avoided if we had listened to His warnings! As I watch these kids and teens I work with I see so many lessons that I have yet to learn and at times I think God is giving me a feel of what He must feel as our Heavenly Father when we go astray or go through certain seasons in our lives.
     As Michelle Ventor said "People come into your life for a reason, a season, or a lifetime....." I believe God has put me here because these people, kids, and teens are instruments in my life because He has so much more that I have yet to learn and when I learn these who knows what may be next. :D