Perhaps such a statement is not truly possible, but when a lot of concerns about others and oneself start weighing a student down, it becomes a little concerning.
Something bad happens to someone in the news...
Someone mentions something inappropriate about a classmate...
Class subjects are getting harder...
After-school activities are accumulating...
Feelings bottle up, and it becomes time to burst. All of it adds up. And some kids really feel both the pressure and the strong emotions.
Is it bad to worry about others and yourself? Well, no - it's actually a good quality. Jesus reminds us to constantly put our neighbors' needs above our own. So, we should be concerned for our friends and classmates.
But, we have to remember that other part - the one about giving our burdens (and, if we are concerned about others, theirs too) over to the Lord. (It's actually in a few different places in the Bible, so we know God must have meant business.)
It is time to turn that worried energy into prayer. It is time to depend on God.
And I hope that this is just what I can help my student do too. Such concern and worry for others is a burden that is too difficult to bear on anyone's shoulders - especially on those of a young child.
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