1 Samuel
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March 24, 2010
Family Court Judges
1 Samuel
EARS TO HEAR is the radio ministry of FAMILIES. BY GOD. For EARS TO HEAR, here’s Tim Glisson.
Perhaps the toughest job in the Child Welfare System is that of Family Court Judge.
Consider the difficulties: high caseloads, little and often faulty information, conflicting goals, young lives in the balance, deliberating compassion versus tough love: the list goes on and few cases are similar.
The existing solutions for all these dilemmas rest in our laws. Yet, often is the time, laws conflict or compete and thus aren’t all that helpful.
That results in another problem. When laws create unclear situations, judges are hamstrung. In other words: no decision, which is not good for an incredibly backlogged system in the first place.
Time is of the essence in a young child’s development. Kids can’t afford to be in limbo for a few days much less a few years. Questions regarding their lives need to be decided safely, surely, and swiftly: which takes the wisdom of Solomon.
So what’s they key? God, naturally. The book of James tells us over and over that God is the source of all wisdom and He’ll share it with us liberally if we’ll only ask.
On behalf of all the children from the Child Welfare System who land in Family Court won’t you please pray for wisdom for each and every Family Court judge? Remember, it was God who gave wisdom to Solomon in the first place.
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