So I was just thinking about our church service this morning and it started out with the youth group sharing what they enjoyed most about the 30 Hour Famine that they participated in last weekend. 30 hours they went with no food to experience what it's like for all the kids in the world who go through it everyday of their lives. A few of them shared with us that it made them aware of how bad hunger is. Every fifteen minutes, 300 children die from starvation. My pastor then afterwards said that's 1200 children that will have died during our hour of worship this morning and we live in a country that has an obesity problem. I just wanted to share that too.
So in thinking about the kids this morning it brought me to feel such joy this evening as I remembered what a couple of them said from our 6-8 grade Sunday School class that my boyfriend and I teach. I realized what teachers must feel like in all schools, grades and subjects when they see a student progressing or doing well in what they have taught them. I did not teach them of the famine and what they said had nothing to do with my class, but because I have gotten to know them more, and also God at the same time, I was interested in what they had to say and felt such happiness for them.
I will probably speak of my class often. It was a risk I took and was not sure I wanted to take, but the opportunity was there and they needed a teacher, so I went for it. The kids listen very well and they actually learn from me. I have never thought of myself as a teacher and I cannot say I remembered a lot from my Sunday School classes when I was their age. I would get bored quickly. It had nothing to do with my teachers and yeah I believed, but the Bible seemed boring and I never really got more into it until high school. I learn with them in teaching the class and I hope I can continue to make it interesting and continue to relate the scripture to everyday life so it is easy for them to remember.
Through this I have finally started to develop a real relationship with God after all of these years. Proof of that is how he helps me in planning my lessons. Things or conversations that happen in the week usually give me something to go with the background of the lessons and I thank Him for that. Now all I need to do is look forward to doing the lesson which I always dread starting at 10:00 on Saturday night after procrastinating all day. While that may be true, in the end, it always comes together and I cannot explain what I feel in my heart after what I learn just from learning the explanation of a few sentences in the Bible. The Word is no longer boring to me and I will never know it all even if I study it for the rest of my life!
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