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Everyone Copes: Comparing One Person’s Crisis to Another During a youth group training seminar I attended years prior, the guest speaker made mention of the need for youth workers to be “Beautifully Angry” about assisting children in our modern society facing crisis. A balance of righteous indignation, love with a fierce passion and sense of urgency in addressing their needs. I also obtained from that training a book specifically designed for helping youth in crisis and the most valuable quote I took from there was, “You cannot compare one person’s crisis to another.” A teen just breaking up from a relationship feels their life is going to end. To us as the adults, we know it’ll be okay, or perhaps some don’t recall having such strong emotions and feelings over a breakup so the feelings of empathy are not there and it may feel that it’s no big deal. It was also advised to listen to the entire story before reacting. You may only have one opportunity to maintain that trust. I was awar...

Humiliation Process Read Philippians 2:5-11 5 Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, 6 who, being in the form of God, did not consider it [a]robbery to be equal with God, 7 but [b]made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men. 8 And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross. 9 Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name, 10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, 11 and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. He humbled Himself and became obedient. Some church backgrounds refer to His time on earth as His humiliation period. He subjected Himself to obedience during this time, even to the point of death. Really think about that. Some of you ...