When the Grinch Grows a Heart

“I will have mercy on who I want to have mercy, 
and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.”  
Exodus 33:19

Most of these kids at the after school program where I work deserve to be punished, written up, and suspended. Their behavior is often distracting (at the least) and destructive (to their peers and the facilities). And if I am good at anything, it is cracking down and enforcing rules.

But when I take time to listen to the stories of the kids, it breaks my heart.

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