No matter what appears to be the cause for the challenges we face, there is a way out. This author found her way as she let Christ, Truth, not her own will, lead her.
"More than anything, I wanted to help to heal the anger and deep sorrow ...." The writer echoes a feeling many have had about human rights abuses. Learning more of man's spiritual nature lays a foundation for the effort to heal.
I have
a friend who is convinced that on a specific night a few years ago she woke from a sound sleep and was compelled to pray because of the desperate need of someone in another country whom she didn't know at the time.
"I had more or less attempted to run the school singlehandedly." The writer felt she was losing not only her perspective but her health; prayer helped restore both.
Whether we're working with senior citizens or with children, our assumptions about the nature of man make a difference. This author found she was more effective when she started with a spiritual view of man, as God's expression.