The Power of Presence
When you spend time in the trenches of Middle School Ministry, you will eventually face situations and circumstances with your students and their families that you just don’t feel qualified for.
Sometimes, when families are faced with trials, pain, or suffering, we feel as though we can’t help.
Have you ever felt like you were thrown into a situation with a family where no training could have prepared you to adequately care for them?
I have.
But I’ve learned, over the years, that helping families through these difficult moments isn’t actually as hard as I thought.
The best help, though, hasn’t come from any bag of tricks that I’ve kept in my office.
The best help for these moments, I’ve found, has simply been “the power of presence.”