I was going to start with Holy Discontent, but I had Messy Spirituality on my reading list, so I started it.
It looks like it will be a quick and easy read. However, it is very timely. I got a MySpace message from an old student’s mom that he was in jail for the second time. I hate news like that! I sat down and wrote him a letter today and simply shared how much Jesus loved him and wanted his heart and love back. I also shared how he is already forgiven and that God has a huge plan for his life. I really didn’t know much more to say.
I am going to try and take him a paperback copy of the PD Life, make sure he has a modern translation of the Bible and visit him. Besides prayer, that is the best thing I can do right now, but I believe the book is fitting. I am sure I will share some of what I learn throughout the book with this student in other letters.
I have a strange bond with this student. I was the one that caught him and a friend doing cocaine in the parking lot of my former church. I was there as the cops took him away, but I have never judged him and have accepted him as I have all other students…I wonder if that is why he asked his mom to have me writet him a letter? If you read this and you are a prayer…please pray for this student. I am not sharing his name for privacy to him and his family. God knows who he is. And God will use this teen, messy and all.