A young girl crys for parents?what do i do?

Question

I read the bible to three 11year old girls.. and explained a few things to them as they asked me questions and i answered them..they were all excited to hear about jesus and asked to pray..we prayed for eachother and they all asked jesus into their hearts..the next morning i found one really upset crying for her parents.. upset that she was a christian and they were not worried that her parents arnt going to go to heaven..what do you tell a young girl?how do you explain it..

i dont think reading them the bible was wrong..it was at a church camp and i was reading it to myself and they asked if i could read it a loud

Answer 1

I must admit, I am very surprised at the overwhelmingly negative response you received from doing exactly what God has commanded you to do. You did a wonderful thing by leading these girls to Christ at such an early age. And this girl's love and concern for her parents is touching. Continue to coach her in the Word by reminding her of Jesus' words to not let her heart be troubled but to trust in Him. Then tell her the power of prayer, and also pray for her! And let God do the rest...cast your anxieties on Him as the Scriptures say. Perhaps this little girl will be the one to lead her parents to eternal life!!!

Answer 2

I teach Sunday School sometimes and it is very touchy sometimes. But if parents let their unsaved child go to a Bible camp, they must know they are going to hear the gospel. They should expect it. Next time say well lets pray for your parents right now. It will make them feel better. You didn't say how old you were or if you were a counselor or not. Maybe you should have gotten a senior counselor to talk to the girls. Many adults come to know the Lord through their children. My mother came to know the Lord through my sister, same with me.

I would be a little curious about the three girls accepting the Lord at the same time. Maybe it would be better to have them alone. Three girls together, might feel some sort of peer pressure together. Alone they would feel free to let their own feeling come out.

Don't ever lie to them. But you can present the truth in a way that would let them know that it is a gift that all can accept, including their parents, if they want it.

Don't let these people upset you on this site, most aren't Christian. Those who are should know better that to hang you out to dry. It is sometimes hard to work with children. You will get better at it as time goes on. I'm getting better. I'm able to answer their questions better too.

Today I was asked why Elijah didn't die. Sounds like an easy question, but one question led to another to another. They almost got me side tracted.

God Bless you for even trying. It's hard to get volunteers to watch kids for a week or two of camp.

Answer 3

firstly, how exactly is an 11 year old whos parents aren't christian, doing at a church camp?

and why isn't the kid thinking about this?

at that age, iirc, I was studying genesis for the National Bible Contest, and the only part that was skipped was the nasty little segment involving lot... you know the one.(got to the nationals!)

anyway, maybe its something about the mentality or mindset or atmosphere or something, (it'd be sexist to say maybe a male vs female thing wouldn't it?) but I had no problem understanding and reconciling the plain text (none of the pre-intepereted crap...)

the problem is in the whole hell thing and it nto being questioned.

I have *ABSOLUTELY* never understood how people can so readily believe that people they are close to, and love, are destined to go to hell. if ANYTHING would, THAT would be a huge "ok, now wait a bloody minute, thats BS!" that'd make me question the "system" at hand. honestly the idea that good people would go to hell just for not believing is absurd and disgusting.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

Well I guess you would have to tell them the truth. If her parents don't ask Jesus into their hearts they will go to hell.

The reason these kids were at bible camp is because unfortunately the camps are rich, and offer a lot more than non-religious camps do. They have a lot more activities, and most of them only tell the nice, harmless, non-threatening bible stories and sing.

Answer 6

It's actually a good thing that the girl was crying for her parents. That's a sign of true conversion when a person has a strong conviction to reach out to loved ones with the gospel message and cares about their salvation. You can tell the girl that many people don't come to faith until later in life and even use the story about the theif on the cross who repented at the last moment and Jesus told him that he would be with Him in paradise. Tell them that they should pray for their parents and trust that God will save them and show them these passages to give them hope.

1 Timothy 2:3 This is good, and it is pleasing in the sight of God our Savior, 4 who desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. 5 For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, 6 who gave himself as a ransom for all, which is the testimony given at the proper time.

2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.

Answer 7

I don't understand why non-Christian parents would send their kids to a Church camp. But, on your part, didn't you realize that this was new to them if they hadn't heard about Jesus before? Did you have to explain that non-Christians would all go to Hell instead of simply sharing Jesus' own message of love? I'd like to know how you are going to explain to their parents.

Answer 8

try convincing the girl that her parent's are going to heaven.. you're question kinda confusing,,

"upset that she was a christian and they were not worried that her parents arnt going to go to heaven"

so like,, the girl is worried that her parents aren't going to heaven? try telling her how good God is, how forgiving and loving He is. Convince her that how evil or bad her parents may be, God will forgive them especially if they show that they're sorry for the things they've done.

Answer 9

well...the way I as a parent see it is this.....they must not have any objections to them learning about the Bible if they are allowing them to go to a church camp in the first place.....unless they are one of those irresponsible parents who just send them out to get them off their hands and in that case the child needs to know about Jesus and how to pray......

Answer 10

The child was expressing the love she had for their parents. She must just trust God and keep praying for them. It is powerful when a person receives Christ, and it is only natural that they would wish the people they care most about should receive Him as well.

Answer 11

I see nothing you done wrong. Someone needs to teach the children about God. Apparently the parents knew that the children were at a church camp. I would just go to the parents and tell them the story you read, and the answers you gave to their questions. Let the parents be the one to explain themselves. You keep up the good work of letting the young children know about God. Don't let people on Yahoo! get you down. Remember, not all will see the glory of God.