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Friday, August 15, 2014

Looking Past The Negatives

He was always in trouble, so when the parents of the junior high boy received another call to meet with his teacher and the principal, they knew what was coming.

The teacher said, “Thanks for coming. I wanted you to hear what I have to say.”

The father waited, thinking about what defense he could use this time. The teacher proceeded to go down a list of ten positive affirmations, or potential benefits, of the junior high “troublemaker.” When she finished, the father said, “And what else? Let’s hear the bad things.”

“That’s all I wanted to say,” she said.

That night when the father got home, he repeated the conversation to his son. Almost overnight, the troublemaker’s behavior changed. All because a teacher looked past the negatives to see the potential in a young man.

 — Peter Lord, former pastor, Park Avenue Baptist Church, Titusville, Florida

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