Your Too Small for That!

At first sight, many would say I am too small for that. In referencing to "that," I mean to be a future social worker, working with children in a urban community, children that some might say are too aggressive for me, or working in dangerous side of town.Yes, I am very small, can fit in a size 0 and yes my voice is soft and I don't look 23 but younger. I have been told my whole life that I would never make it in college as a social work major, and even by some family members who think urban children are too hard for me to work with them. Truth is, there might be "hard people" I will have to work with as a social worker. Being a social work in my undergrad years, I have work in a Spanish urban community and this summer work in a Black urban community. I have worked with parents who I never thought would listen to me because of the way I looked but has shown me respect and listen to my advice that could help them.

I think of David when his family thought he was too small to kill Goliath. But when he step up in front of Goliath, He said:

“You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the LORD Almighty, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied. 1 Samuel 17:45.



That day there was a victory and young David defeated the giant.

I know that I am small and look too young but I know that I am able to do all things. I know if God called me to work with a community that people would call dangerous, He will be with me. I have nothing to fear for my God is near and has prepare me to work with people in a urban community. If I let fear take over me then I will not be able to help people that can be over look because they are too "dangerous." I pray that you would not let what others say you can't do, control who you are. I know that I serve a mighty God and in Him all things are possible.