All of my days. I have been searching all of my days.

I have recently been newly employed. I work at the United Methodist Children's Home. I started three weeks ago and I have been immersed in a culture that is shocking. This culture is riddled with sin and sorrow and seems to be hidden from the rest of the world.

I help teach broken children. Almost a year ago I was working with the sick and the dying, those who are at the end of their journey. I worked with the widows of the world as they were dealing the death of their loved spouse.

Now I am working with the orphans of this world. Those who are broken and almost beyond repair. On the surface these children are a waste of time. They are the future criminals of this world. They are medicated, they go to therapy, they live in a structured environment and they still are out of control. Living off their impulses and learning from their other radical peers. If they cannot function well in this setting they are sure to fail in the world that dwells outside of the campus.

That is one perspective that easy to adopt. It is a perspective that dehumanizes these children and allows for the institution of law and of normalcy to reign supreme. This perspective is driven by fear and misunderstanding. I can understand this perspective to a point because the first week I worked there I was extremely intimidated by the outbursts, the rage, the profanity, the threats, and the violence.

I could easily say that the reason why those reactions don't effect me anymore is because I have become immune to them. That opinion would be false. I am still shocked by the behavior, however, I have learned more of the why behind the impulses and the rage. These kids are a product of a culture that never really cared for them in the first place.

These children were unwanted and were treated in such a way that showed them in every way that they were unwanted. When a young formidable child is treated with such absurdity it is understandable that these children act in this absurdity. It is understandable that these children feel in this absurdity. It is understandable that these children think in this absurdity. It is understandable that these children are a product of the absurdity of those who were called to parent them.

So, the question then comes.

Do we treat these children with the respect they never received or do we let them live in the Darwinist society that we are all immune too? Do we care for these human beings even when they cannot care for themselves, and many of them will never truly be a productive member of our humanistic society.

Well if we follow the world's guidelines for care and consideration we would probably disregard these kinds of people. Yes, of course their will always be the moral decision of making sure these kinds of people are taken care of to a point. Though that system falls of it's face if there is no value on these children. There needs to be some kind of value given to the people and the world cannot truly give value, for it did not create itself.

The value that must be found needs to be found in their image. These children have been made in the image of God. They were created for the capacity for completion. If we give up on these children, we give up on their creator. If we let these children live in the margins, we let their creator live in the margins. If we let these children suffer the consequences of our sinful world view then we let their creator suffer the consequences of our sinful world view.

If we pass these children by then what is the point of the Good News that is supposed to save those who need it the most?