 |
|
Is it as obvious to
you as it is to me how exceptionally capable
young men are of maturity?
If this
picture doesn’t convince you read this letter I received.
|
I received this email from a 15 year old young man I have
been discipling for the past year and a half. When I first met him at camp he
seemed devoid of almost any ability to control his impulses. He was a constant
drain on my energy. And yet, underneath that foolishness great potential seemed
to loom. We started writing back and forth, I got to know his parents, and the
results of lots of time and prayer can be seen in this email. It stands in such
stark contrast to his former childishness that I called him after receiving
this to make sure he actually wrote it. “Everything but the poem” was his
response. I hope you are as encouraged by his words as I was!
Here is what he wrote:
“Strength. Sometimes I strive for it in the wrong way. I try to muster up my own courage, I try to be stronger, or squelch any fear I may be having. I try. I try. I try. And it’s all wrong. That’s why true strength can often elude us. WE are doing the trying. True
