Today

As far as I know, little boys don't just dream of growing up to be drug dealers. Little girls don't dream of growing up to be someone who feels like they need to sell their body to make a way in life.

Oh no, little boys dream of being firemen or baseball players. Little girls dream of being princesses or singers.

Where's the disconnect?

There are little kids dreaming of growing up to be just like Mommy and Daddy, when Mommy and Daddy don't walk like Jesus. They can't be judged. They're doing the best they can do. They're doing all they've known. It's a generational thing. Somewhere along the way someone made a bad decision and it's impacted...generations.

What you're doing now...what you're doing today...it'll impact more than just you. It'll impact the futures of your great grandkids, their kids, and far more.

Did you get that?

What you do with this day will impact generations.

That's a heavy statement to bare, but truth none the less.

I get the opportunity to meet kids here all the time. I see hurt, confusion, pain, brokenness... all the time. Fear in the eyes of a child is not a beautiful thing. I get close enough to these kids to tie their shoes and paint their faces. Best believe I pray over them every chance I get. God, protect them. God, guide them. God, love them.

You want to see a change in the world? It starts with them. It starts with mentoring, loving on, teaching, raising up...them. To be all God has created them to be in all it's splendor and glory.

Don't want to spend time fixing adults? Spend time nurturing children. Then there will be less adults that need 'fixing'.

In my head I have this glorious picture of what the world should look like. Little girls playing on swings not awaken to what sex is because they've been molested. Little boys pedaling bikes not pedaling drugs. (Do you pedal drugs? I feel like that isn't an actual term for what people do...but it works well here...so yeah lets go with that.) Fathers and Mothers who are husbands and wives first and foremost. Most importantly I envision family's that are centered around Jesus, anchored to what He's called them to do. That's beautiful.

And guess what....

It starts with o.n.e.

It starts with y.o.u.