Dear Lord,

Today we invite You to guide us, for we definitely need Your help with a serious problem in our School.

Lately, it seems that a lot of people are being hurt! Students have been found crying, in various parts of our School! They have been hurt by racial and sexual comments, that been directed at them.

A few students even considered taking their own lives, because their pain was so severe. They are left wondering - what did they do, to cause this name calling, and why would people who they consider their friend, be calling them names?

Lord, the people who are doing the name calling, say they're joking!! They say it's just in fun! They say they don't mean it!

Meanwhile, tears are being shed, and people are being hurt!

Lord, there is a fine line between teasing and hurting others. Our High School should be a place for everyone to feel free, happy and at peace.

Please help us to guard our words, to be more sensitive, compassionate, and less cruel.

Help us to realize that what we say in jest, has the power to hurt and devastate others.

"Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance." James 1:2-3

Amen