Arc 1 - First Five: Chapter 2

As WooAnna started Kindergarten she made some friends and more events began to come up. This was not something that was exciting or enjoyable because she would think about the problems at home. Her dad would have good days and bad days but stress often took a toll on the mind and heart. Regardless, the good days were fun and it was nice to not have to feel afraid being at home. But when the bad days would come, yearning for the good days would weigh on WooAnna’s heart.

Her family was part of a religious system that knew about God and Jesus but there wasn’t a true commitment. Her mom seemed to be devoted in her way of doing things, as she was taught by her mother, and her dad said it was not necessary. WooAnna and her siblings simply followed what their parents would do. Yet, in WooAnna’s heart, many questions would come up about the traditions they participated in. She would ask her mom a lot of why’s but the response was often the same - it is how we do it. It caused a lot of frustration to evolve, at such a young age, towards the idea of religion and this so-called God.

Still, God being who He is, knew of the many roads of suffering WooAnna would face in the future. But as He knitted her in her mother’s womb (Psalm 139:13-14), He was not going to leave her alone in this life. There were various times that WooAnna would dream of a god, not truly knowing that it was truly the God she had heard about. She would have conversations about her thoughts with Him, and ask Him a lot of why’s about her family. So, without realizing it, she was developing a form of a relationship with God but not actually knowing who Jesus was, yet.

She would cry to Him and tell Him about the money her family needed and if He could stop the bad days at home. But when things continued to get worse, the frustrations in the heart of a little five-year old became resentment then bitterness. She was realizing this God that church, her mom, and other people in her life would talk about was not someone she could trust. This only deepened her bitterness more.