the world of media in your face all day long. if you don’t fit their mold of what you should be and look like then you’re not worth paying attention to. so why bother evening trying to amount to anything? you have no self-worth. so you turn to things that make you feel better about yourself, and try to drown out the noiseof life. drugs, sex, alcohol, abuse, neglect, abortion, eating disorders, suicide, cutting/self-mutilation, self-condemnation,depression…you allow your soul to get cut deeper and deeper in search for freedom and significance, but all you’re left with is emptiness and hopelessness. nothing will fill the void in this thing called life. satan is trying to steal this generation’s innocence…and he loves it, because he thinks he’s winning. six young girls sitting before me. i’m looking into their eyes, and i see freedom. this freedom has not always been there. thier eyes were once left empty and hopeless. they were lost in the darkness. they didn’t know where to turn. so they turned to the quick, nonsatisfying fixes that the world hands them on a silver plater. their quest for life becomes almost nonexistant. where is this hope, freedom, release, peace, and significance found? before they knew it life threw them into a whirlwind, and they found themselves living at a boarding school for troubled teens. as much as they don’t want to be there, and hate it, they have no idea that it would end up being the thing that saves thier life, and changes them forever. they come from families that were at the end of their rope, and with no other choice but to send them to this nine month, rehabilitation and restoration program. as i talked to these precious girls they told me about the lives they came from. my heart aching more and more with every word. my spirit screaming, “God rescue them! save them from this hell they come from” his strong wisper comes back to me and says, “I already have”. as we continue to speak to one another, His promise becomes more and more real to me. these girls have gone to hell and back, only with the help and grace of Christ. these girls now have hope, because they trust in the Lord. they know that even though life has handed them crap, God is making it into gold. during worship one night i was looking at all six of them and praying for them. praying that God would reveal himself in a way that they have never experienced before, and know it’s him. as i prayed this, God told me, “these girls are the voices of their generation. they are the voices of truth, freedom, and hope. they are the living example of what this generation will become”. his peace flooded me instantly. i could see and feel the hope and calling in them and through them. these six girls are going to be tall pillars of strength and redemption in thier schools, homes, work. every where they go people will see the light in them that comes from Christ. as much as my heart aches for the things they have had to go through, and are still going through, God keeps tellng me, “megan i have them in my hands. i am taking care of them. i am their protection. i am their father. i love them. trust me. they are my daughters”. after worship i went into their room, and talked with them about the incredible calling God has over their lives. i got to speak life into them, and pray covering over their lives. it was hugely encouraging, and more of a blessing to me than i can express. i pray it was the same for them. they are taking their innocence back that satan tried to steal from them. they are made whole again through the grace and mercy of Jesus Christ. they have purpose and calling over their lives, and i can’t wait to see the fruit that will come from it.
