With everything going on with my son being bullied at school, I feel this scripture is so fitting for him and for me. It is fitting for anyone going through trials today. I hope that anyone in need of strength today will find their way to this post.
Isaiah 43:2
(New Life Version)
2 When you pass through the waters, I will be with you. When you pass through the rivers, they will not flow over you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned. The fire will not destroy you.
Copyright © 1969 by Christian Literature International
Know that God can and will guide you through even the roughest time. All you have to do is lay your burdens at His feet. Trust that He will see you through.
This is what I must do as I meet with the school today. I pray that God will see my son through, and I pray He will give me the strength to deal with this head on. I pray that He will hold my tongue before I speak in anger and that He will place upon me a calmness that will allow open communication during this meeting.
I also pray that God will open the ears of the school administrators so that they will hear what needs to be said, open their minds so they will understand the magnitude of bullying in our schools, and open ALL of our eyes so that we might be able to see a way to resolution.
Words spoken in anger only serve to close that channel of communication and will push us back instead of moving us forward to a solution.
I hope your meeting with the school worked out for the best. I also hope that the school has policies that make it easy for you to defend any actions you feel are necessary to stop the pain of being bullied for your son.
He is not alone.
Aeisenbe-
Thank you so much for your kind words. It’s horrible to think that our children have to fear punishment for defending themselves. My son is well equipped to do so, but again, last year he was punished harshly for defending himself after being harassed and assaulted for weeks.
The meeting didn’t go as well as I’d hoped, but I didn’t lash out and was able to stay calm and express myself in a way that lets them know I am serious about this.
The school continues to tell me that my son has no right defend himself against this boy regardless of how many times he hits my son. They say that even if this boy is punching my son, if my son hits him back it is NOT self defense, but retaliation. They want my son to “flee”.
I asked them just how many times they want my son to run away? They couldn’t or wouldn’t answer that because they would keep changing the subject.
I did make it very clear that my son has my full permission at this point to defend himself if this boy hits him again and that I would be more than happy to take it to the school board as well as the state’s board of education.
The school also wants to move the other student to the front seat of the bus, and move my son to the front seat on the other side of the bus, and I told them I will, for NO reason allow my son to be moved as he has been proven to be totally innocent in all of this. If they make him move to the front seat, it is like they are punishing him and that will NOT happen.
I’m sorry to have rambled here, but there are so many more details. I could continue typing for an hour.
Again, I thank you for your support. Bullying in our schools is a serious problem, and it certainly can have lasting effects on the one’s being bullied, assaulted and verbally abused.
Lezlee