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| New Life Bracelets? Could this future project change lives? |
I see these same two boys riding around the neighborhood. I've known them since I first moved to the neighborhood three years ago. They were both in sixth grade. Since then, they have become deeply gang involved, but they still are sweet boys that I remember.
They recently endured a loss as one of their friends lost his life. They both were filled with rage and anger--making decisions that risked their own lives. A friend of theirs said..."these are dark times...these are dark lives around here."
As I was sitting down to prepare a BLING lesson, I thought of how God wants to bring them "new life" and hope-filled lives through the good news of Jesus Christ. I was thinking of a new project. It has a plant that symbolizes new life, and I was thinking to myself:
What if through making these New Life bracelets, I could employ these teens? And, what if this employment could expose them to the life and love of Jesus, as well as provide them with an alternative way of making money...what if?
This daydream, became a prayer, this prayer is becoming a vision for these kids...
