BULLYING RANT
What makes mJa member Anna Hartley boil with rage...

I'll tell you what makes me angry, what makes me really angry. Seeing children at school get bullied, for no reason. For the colour of their hair, the colour of their skin or eyes, for freckles, for their size and shape, because they're clever, or because they're not, or the clothes they're wearing that day.

It doesn't seem to matter what the reason is, they'll find one.

They may wait unexpectedly outside the gates after school and chase you home, they may laugh at you in class for good achievement, and they may dunk you under water in the swimming pool lesson or trip you up in the school playground. This is the kind of endless taunting children have, do and unfortunately will experience. All these things and many more can truly cripple a person for life and their self-worth goes out of the window, making them feel insecure, unworthy, intimidated, crushed, and lacking in confidence.

But, through the grace, love and healing power of God, people are completely set free, and through the spiritual family that you can find in church, that sense of self-worth is restored.