WHEN PAIN BECOMES COMPASSION

All children deserve to be raised in peace.

 NEVER ENOUGH MAKES ME HURT

R.I.P. is a term that never gives me enough peace.
I've watched young people die violently.
I wonder,
"Did I do enough to prevent the violence?
I've watched young girls raise babies without fathers.
I wonder,
"Did I do enough to help guys respect the girls?"
I've watched kids quit school and sell drugs on the street.
I wonder,
"Did I try hard enough to teach them how to struggle and persevere?"
"Never Enough" is a hurt in my heart as I share the pain of young people trying to break the chains of generational violence and poverty. I know that God cares deeply and equally about every young person in Buffalo.
In the heaviness of this moment, I pray that at least one young person gets to know the peace of God today. I know that God is enough. He will make all things work together for good. When pain becomes compassion, more folks will rest in enough peace.

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"The leech has two daughters. 'Give! Give!' they cry. "There are three things that are never satisfied, four that never say, 'Enough!'
Proverbs 30:15

"All things are wearisome, more than one can say. The eye never has enough of seeing,
nor the ear its fill of hearing."
Ecclesiastes 1:8

"Sheol (the place of the dead) and Abaddon (the place of destruction) are never satisfied;
so [the lust of] the eyes of man is never satisfied."

Proverbs 27:20 Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
"And God is able to make all grace (every favor and earthly blessing) come to you in abundance, so that you may always and under all circumstances and whatever the need be self-sufficient [possessing enough to require no aid or support and furnished in abundance for every good work and charitable donation]."
2 Corinthians 9:8 Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

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Thanks for your time. Go and give some of your abundance to somebody. ‪
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Wednesday, February 17, 2016
8:20 AM, MST
Phoenix, Arizona, USA