The heart of a Child

This blog is written from the perspective of a 6 year old living in Creekwood. A certain six year old that I love and is nothing less than a ball of joy, who has a face lit up with a smile every time I see her. However this specific six year old has more worries than any six year old should ever have. What's so inspiring about her though? The fact that she is still oh so strong, stronger than even some of the most mature adults I know. She's strong for her Mom, and strong for her little brother growing up without a father figure. She's strong for herself, and her friends, and her community. And she's even strong for me.

Here are just a few concerns she has shared with me over the past few months (These are her concerns, however I just added in a few "Big Girl" words to fluff things up!)

Her concerns for her Community:

-We live here, yet our lives have been threatened by angry residents of our home.
-We have no field, or court to play on, only a parking lot.
-We are confronted and live amongst all too many intoxicated neighbors.
-And we ALL can't help but dream of a better place to live and grow up in.


Her concerns for her Friends:

-Most of them don't live with or even know who their Dad is.
-Some of them admit to having suicidal thoughts.
-Some of them drink or do drugs regularly.
-Some of them cut themselves in hopes to mask the pain of living in such a disheartening community.
-Some of them have relationship problems, because when a guy says he loves them they believe him. They believe him because they have never felt what it means to be loved before and will do anything in order to keep the feeling alive. And while entranced in this lie they have unprotected sex... often.
(And remember, these are the friends of a 6 year old)


Her concerns for iGod:

-We have no classroom, only a sidewalk to sit and learn on.
-We have no protection for when it rains or gets too cold.
-Why do you keep coming back after the threats and encounters you have had with my neighbors?
-Aren't you afraid of the hidden reasons behind that crime watch sign posted at our entrance?
-Don't you get discouraged when no one seems to listen?

Her concerns for her Family:

-My brother has no father figure.
-My Mom has no job.
-We are living from month to month welfare checks, struggling to make ends meet.
-Some days we might have to eat only once (At school) in order to keep paying rent.

Notice there is no "Concerns for herself" category. She is probably the most selfless six year I have/ will ever meet. It inspires me, while also at the same time breaks my heart knowing how fast she has been forced to grow up because of her circumstances, and how many of those precious years of being a child she has lost and has no hope of ever getting back.

This is just one example, of one little girl, in one community. Living a life that millions of other little girls scattered throughout the world also live.


2 Corinthians 4:18- "While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen; for the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal."