I posted this in bulletin form as well, but wanted it here too....
I don't know how many of you know this, but I work in a correctional facility in Little Rock. Yesterday, a man was brought into that same facility charged with an absolutely horrendous crime. At the time, the charge was 1st Degree Domestic Battery. He was accused of beating his 2 year old step daughter with a cell phone cord causing serious injuries to her abdomen, thighs an head.
In my opinion there is nothing that a child that small could have done to deserve such a horrible beating.
It's 17 days before Christmas.... do you think that she was looking forward to sitting on Santa Claus' lap at the Mall? Has she seen the pretty lights that are displayed all over this city, sparkling in the cold night air? Does she smile while listening to Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer or Frosty the Snowman? Is is possible that she even knows what Christmas is?
That little girl died this morning from her injuries so we'll never know.
Please, please people, if you have children... spend some extra time with them tonight. Pay a little closer attention to them when they ask you for guidance. Tell them that they are loved every single day. Let them know that they are our future and treat them as such!
My heart is heavy as I write this and I'm finding it a little harder each day to feel enthusiastic about the holiday seasons. Yet I still celebrate... sometimes I wonder why.
