Remembering to Love

I think one of the hardest things to do on an eveyday is tempering everyingthing we do with love. Sometimes, they make the stupidest decisions regardless of what we do for them, with them or have them do themselves. When one of my girls repeatedly makes the same poor decision over and over and over again, it is so very difficult to show her how we love in the midst of issuing consequneces. I would really appreciate prayers very specifcally for both of us in that.

In the past couple of days, I have mentioned that one of our girls has been having a relationship with a boy on campus. LF, is 14 years and a freshman in highschool. She does not look 14, she looks much older and this has really become since she has been here. She was really asking questions about Christ this summer and was baptized. However, her old self is still in control most of the time. She was never taught to have any boundaries-spirituall, emotionally, mentally or physically. She will share the most personal secrets with people she has known for days. But, when it comes to her emotions, she has puts up a wall bigger than Jerichos. Physically, she is very willing to enter a physical relationship with someone she has only known for a few days as wel. While she has been here (less than 6 months), she has been caught kissing 2 of the boys from the home. She was given a wonderful travel oppurtunity with her highschool choir and has, in less than two weeks, already lost that trip due to her poor choices, lying and disrespect of the rules that hae been set forth. She is such a beautiful young lady, very intellegent, and can be very fun. But Satan truly has kept her in the past and we are struggling to bring her into the new life that she claimed for herself earlier this summer. Please pray for LF. I know that we can win this battle for her, but I also know that Satan has the ability to continue to lie to her about who and whose she is.