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Well, I suppose I should probably give you some background info. before I start praising the Lord.
Being 14 and best friends with my mom, I've found that in the past few years, I've had a WHOLE lot of trouble communicating with my dad. We just always have seemed to be arguing and fighting over everything, and can hardly ever agree. My dad has a great love for God and his contribution in ministry has always been working with young kids (usu. ages 1-4). It has always seemed the only thing I have been able to talk to him about, are the CHILDREN!!
But just this morning, God proved me wrong!
I've been under quite a bit of stress lately, being in all Honors classes and my first year of high school this year, and having two people I was pretty close to commit suicide. Since then, I've started to fall behind in school, and have found myself almost unable to finish any assignments/projects assigned to me. I've also had a strange virus thing since last Thursday, and I've missed going to school Monday and Tuesday. My dad has always been really strict with staying home from school, and when I got up this morning, he made it clear that I was going, whether I was sick or not. Being the sinful/rebellious little teen that I am, my mind started working, thinking about what I could say so he would let me stay home.... Needless to say, he wasn't impressed, nor convinced.
But God had other plans.
I knew that I should just give up and go on to school, but I also felt that this was the time to share my problems with my dad.
So, I told him all about my stress, and feelings of hopelessness, and at first he still stuck by his "buck up" plan. Then I stopped, and by then was crying pretty hard, because I knew I wasn't being completely honest with him, and since my mother was in the hospital recovering from having her gall bladder removed, I had no one else to talk to, but him. Then, he suddenly turned to me and said quite matter-of-factly "you haven't been doing your best in school, and I think THAT'S why you're so upset!"
I was completely shocked!! :o Of course that wasn't why I was upset, it was everything else, not my grades!! I'd always done great in school, I just hadn't gotten into the "swing of things" yet.
Then I heard a loud voice in my head say "you KNOW that's why you've been so upset!! stop denying it!! you've KNOWN all along that you were slacking, and you ACTUALLY thought you could hide it from everyone!! especially HIM!!". I completely broke down and admitted it, and he softened and comforted me, and said "I'm probably going to regret this, and your mother will be SO mad at me, but you're going to stay home today and get caught up on all your homework and projects."
I'm a little shocked, but he's made it clear to me that I need to start doing better in school, and guess what!! IM ACTUALLY GOING TO LISTEN!!
praise God, for He is wonderful!!
Being 14 and best friends with my mom, I've found that in the past few years, I've had a WHOLE lot of trouble communicating with my dad. We just always have seemed to be arguing and fighting over everything, and can hardly ever agree. My dad has a great love for God and his contribution in ministry has always been working with young kids (usu. ages 1-4). It has always seemed the only thing I have been able to talk to him about, are the CHILDREN!!
But just this morning, God proved me wrong!
I've been under quite a bit of stress lately, being in all Honors classes and my first year of high school this year, and having two people I was pretty close to commit suicide. Since then, I've started to fall behind in school, and have found myself almost unable to finish any assignments/projects assigned to me. I've also had a strange virus thing since last Thursday, and I've missed going to school Monday and Tuesday. My dad has always been really strict with staying home from school, and when I got up this morning, he made it clear that I was going, whether I was sick or not. Being the sinful/rebellious little teen that I am, my mind started working, thinking about what I could say so he would let me stay home.... Needless to say, he wasn't impressed, nor convinced.
But God had other plans.
I knew that I should just give up and go on to school, but I also felt that this was the time to share my problems with my dad.
So, I told him all about my stress, and feelings of hopelessness, and at first he still stuck by his "buck up" plan. Then I stopped, and by then was crying pretty hard, because I knew I wasn't being completely honest with him, and since my mother was in the hospital recovering from having her gall bladder removed, I had no one else to talk to, but him. Then, he suddenly turned to me and said quite matter-of-factly "you haven't been doing your best in school, and I think THAT'S why you're so upset!"
I was completely shocked!! :o Of course that wasn't why I was upset, it was everything else, not my grades!! I'd always done great in school, I just hadn't gotten into the "swing of things" yet.
Then I heard a loud voice in my head say "you KNOW that's why you've been so upset!! stop denying it!! you've KNOWN all along that you were slacking, and you ACTUALLY thought you could hide it from everyone!! especially HIM!!". I completely broke down and admitted it, and he softened and comforted me, and said "I'm probably going to regret this, and your mother will be SO mad at me, but you're going to stay home today and get caught up on all your homework and projects."
I'm a little shocked, but he's made it clear to me that I need to start doing better in school, and guess what!! IM ACTUALLY GOING TO LISTEN!!
praise God, for He is wonderful!!
God Bless ~ Sarah
