So I'm doing it...
Click here to read this report
It's a really cool photo report about juvenile detention in the US. Makes me think.
What got these kids to those places? Not as in, what crime. But what was their home life like?Did they ever have someone who cared enough to actually set breakfast out on a table, with cutlery and plates and stuff? Did someone tell them that they are loved?How were they talked to? Was there yelling in almost every sentence?
Why did they mess up so bad?
This is why I love going into the juvenile detention center and talking to them about Jesus and how he took their sentence. He took everything they deserved.
Grace - getting something we don't deserve
And how can we stop youths from getting into 'the system'? The question I'm asking myself is 'What can I do to give these youths a chance to hear about Christ and to feel loved?Here's a chart from that website that also made me think:
That really makes me think about the great need of teaching, mentoring and CARING long before these kids become criminal.
What do you think?
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