Father God, You are the protector of the orphans. Why do I start this post like that? In some ways, I see the students of Strawberry Mansion in Philadelphia as orphaned by the city's school system and by the policies of poverty. The public transit strike has contributed to their orphanhood; many of their parents cannot get to work without transportation, resulting in lost wages, lost jobs, lost food, lost opportunities for the families and especially for the students.
My daughter is caught up in this suffering as she serves those students. She is also caught up in the dissatisfaction of the school's principal, who may herself be caught up in the suffering. So, I said that I would pray for them both. For my daughter, that she would know that You are BIG. Bigger than all these problems, bigger than the principal, bigger than the forces of evil that we admit are loose in the world. For that principal, that she would know the same things. That she would be encouraged today by something, that she would say an encouraging thing--or two--and that she would (finally?) learn that leadership by intimidation is not as effective as leadership by love and example.
I need to get back to work. In Jesus's name, and in the encouragement of the Spirit~~Amen.
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