It's not OK.

Today I watched a child fall flat on his face.

It's not that I didn't want to help him or that I was hoping he'd fall, like we often do while watching stunts... I just wasn't there to catch him.

As his mom came up behind him, I kept hearing her repeat "It's okay, It's okay".

For the most part, when kids fall, they're fine. I have a two year old. I know this well...

But for many kids in our ministries, they fell and it wasn't okay.
Are any of the kids you know coming to mind yet?

Too often, we overlook hurts and habits that our kids are stuck in; assuming they'll be okay.

And they won't. The wounds that they collect through life will turn into scars and will leave marks that will haunt them.

That is-- unless we help them deal with it.

Some of your kids need to be told that it wasn't okay for someone to abuse them.

Others need to be told that although God has forgiven the things that they regret, they need to talk it out with someone in order to heal.

And still, others need to hear directly from you that you made a mistake and it's not okay that you did or said something that hurt them.

And it's not OK for issues like that to be overlooked.

When your kids fall, its ok for them to cry for a while. But then, it's up to you to walk through life's problems with them.

Because that is what Jesus Christ is calling us to do.