Wow, I see now why it's important to blog every day. I stop for a day or two and all of a sudden it's been a month!
Part of why I have taken such a long break is because some real life craziness has been going on but part of it is that I have been dreading this prompt: Teach. "Teach" or "Teacher" always makes me think of James 3:1 "Not many of you should presume to be teachers, my brothers, for you know that we who teach will be judged more strictly." (NIV 1984)
I am called a BSF Children's Leader, but what I am doing part of each morning is teaching 11 month to 20 month old children bible stories. And every day I teach my children by how I live my life and whether that matches up with what I say. I say we should trust God, but does my life show trust or fear? I say God loves us, but then I feel insecure about myself and my abilities, like I have forgotten about grace and am going back to live under the law.
Thinking of myself as a teacher makes me feel nervous, sometimes quite afraid. Perhaps that means I need to spend more time thinking and praying about what God has called me to. I know Christ dwells in me and that's the only reason I can presume to be a teacher.
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