Our own "Blind Side"

This article by Star Parker talks about the movie The Blind Side and how it's story should be a model for how we deal with underprivileged youth in our society. I totally agree with her conclusion that Christian values and education are the solution to this problem.

My family has our very own version of The Blind Side's story in Sandy, my adopted sister.

Sandy came to us 7 or 8 years ago, when she was 18 years old. She was past the age of schooling, but she still needed help. She had no where to go. Her abusive mother had put her out on the street after some very traumatizing incidents. She was lost and literally suicidal, with no hope of any kind. That's when the Lord put her in our lives.

It was through our CHRISTIAN notions of charity, kindness, and above all LOVE (sometimes the tough kind) that this disadvantaged girl finally found a family and a safe place to call home. She is now a successful mother, soon-to-be wife, and member of society, instead of laying cold in a gutter somewhere or 6 feet underground. If only more of us would step outside of our nice little comfort zones and reach out to these poor, disenfranchised kids. We are supposed to be the light of the world.

Hopefully this movie will inspire more Christians to be Christ in someone's life and to bring Christ into someone's life.