Around Chicagoland, this is the week that most schools jump back into session.
And for a lot of junior highers, that’s a pretty big challenge.
Lots of them headed to new schools, with new people, new teachers.
Lots of them figuring out locker combinations for the first time.
Lots of them will be presented with moral dilemmas starting this very first week.
But if I’m not careful, I can fall into the trap of thinking that middle school problems are “easy”.
I’ve seen adults roll their eyes as they listen to a jr high dilemma.
They’re thinking “I’ll tell you what a real problem is.”
- A mortgage to pay.
- A high-pressure quota.
- An unreasonable boss.
- A family to raise.
But for a middle schooler, the challenges, worries & problems they face are every bit as real (and daunting) for them as the ones that we face in our stage of life.
They’re no “less real” to them… and no less scary than the biggest problem you & I face.
For some middle schoolers, their problems really are “middle school sized”. So they can use those situations to learn what it mean to lean on God and trust Him to show them the way through. At the same time, there are students who are facing issues that are beyond what any junior higher should have to tackle. But there they are.
So before I too quickly jump to concluding that a student’s problems are “easier”… I try remember that their issues are just as “real” as mine are!
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