@ENKELI Hi sis good hearing from you. i do resonate with you having issues with kids singing Gospel songs, or hymns, for although their voices are innocent and sincere, their life experiences with God, the very things they often sing songs about, they do not have. So they literally do not know what they are singing about. Not to talk about parental pressure put on the kids to perform.
Sorry to hear about this person who is not interested in hearing about God. i have many such person's in my life as a worker with people, although i know that time can make a difference, so i'm encouraged to hear you still feel the need to continue praying for this person.
On this note.
Once, 32-33 years ago, we fostered a 13 year old boy with severe mental (ADHD, DEPRESSION & DID, as well as sexual abuse by an uncle, as well as government worker when he was a state ward, when he was a kid. This he revealed to me at a much later date in his life however, but which we had already suspected seeing him act the way he did after he left us.)
At the time he never wanted to hear about Jesus or our faith in God. He laughed us all in the face praying for our food and reading out of the bible at the dinner table. And although he desperately wanted a loving family the source of the love in our household he had no time for whatsoever at the time.
However we with stayed in contact with this person after he left, all through out the years of his jail in and out broken life. Throughout his many relationships and heart broken times. Over the time he fathering 2 boys which were promptly taken from him because of his criminal record. And throughout the hurt the constant rejection from his natural family caused him. And at the moment going through his trans figuration into a female, and where for old time sake i am the only one allowed to address him by his (male) birth name, and he is finally opening up to hearing about Jesus and tthe power of faith life.
Lately we discuss Jesus together much more seriously, as he now rings me almost weekly. Sadly he is in jail again, but hopefully he will be out in three weeks, and will be able to stay out for longer than a few years this time. At least he is seriously considering the things i share about Jesus with him now.
The truth is i have prayed for this person for 30 years. for each time Jesus brought him to mind or he contacted us he be in deep trouble. And although we have coped a lot of abuse from him in the past, i have learned to love him, like he was my own son, no matter how confused and stuffed up he is from years in jail and all the crap he been through a kid.
He knows only a little of my life story, but he does know Jesus healed me from my past trauma, and gave me a loving wife, and a life outside of jail and the healing of my turbulent past, and has been very much more interested talking about Jesus since.
i'm hoping that one day he will hear The Voice of Jesus and alos leave his life of bondage to sin and mental illness behind.
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