The first full month of me being away from home has come to an end. I think that to me it is about the time where I begin feeling homesick, I begin missing the little but very meaningful things from home. But I know that because I am outside my comfort zone and willing to be to stretch God will take this as an opportunity to help me grow and mature in Him.
This past week was a very hands on kind of week, our speaker was Michelle Grimes a teacher of fifth grade. We worked with made up scenarios that could potentially come up as we work with children. At first it was a little slow and I was not motivated. I kept thinking that I knew this and that I was already prepared for this kind of stuff. Little did I know, we were presented with scenarios that I could only picture in movies. But I know that these also happen in real life.
As the week progressed I was able to think in a way that I know God would be pleased. You see we are to treat children the same way we would treat God, because Jesus said “however you receive one of these little one, you will be receiving me”. This to me is so important, because I have always believed that children should be respected and definitely treated appropriately and to know that the Bible reinforces this belief means that my God is greater even more than what I believed before.
Yes the challenges of this past week were different from the ones I’ve had in the previews weeks. But they were also helpful in the development of my character and my walk with God.
Another thing that was very interesting to me as I had my quite time and as I heard one of my staff’s testimonies was the question “Why am I doing this?” or “Why am I interested to work with children?”
As I thought more and more about this question I came up with a couple of answers, first I want to work with children because I know that this will honor God and because I believe it is a calling that he has given me. Second, I want to work with children and listen to them and be there for them because I believe that it does take one person to care to change a child’s life. I can say from personal experience, that only because a person obeyed God’s calling and listened to God’s voice I was able to fulfill God’s plan in my life. It took people persevering in spite of the circumstances, ad staying true to God’s word for me to become the person God planned for me to be. And because I lived this first hand, I want to be that person a child can count on whenever they think they have no one else.
The speaker was an excellent teacher, and she encouraged us to become the teachers God will be pleased with. And I intend to do just that, so that I can help as many children in the future as I can.
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