Smiling Faces
This past week students came back to school. Seeing their smiling faces and the attitude of a new year gets me excited about not just what the year holds but their future. I have been in education long enough to know that many are coming to school seeking a safe haven. I have always felt blessed that God called me to love all children, and there is nothing like building relationships with young people that last a life time. I pray that God gives me the wisdom each year to plant seeds that will grow and flourish in the young students that he has brought across my path. As I meet and greet all these smiling faces I am reminded of the verse in Mark 10:16, “And he took them in his arms and blessed them, laying his hands on them.”
Out of the Box
This week also gives me pause when I think of all the teachers who have opened their classroom doors across this country to love all of God’s children. I am always amazed when I meet teachers across this country at the passion they have for their students. It is contagious. Teaching is truly a calling for so many who want to love, inspire, and challenge our children to find the best inside of each of them. These are the innovators thinking outside of the box to challenge our students to reach deep inside themselves and dream big. Educators across the country are opening their arms and hearts to these children. Watching educators love children is an example of Christ calling the children to him in Mark 10:14, “But when Jesus saw it, he was indignant and said to them, “Let the children come to me; do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God.”
God’s Blessings
Beginning a new year is exciting and like a rebirth. The innocence of children and the exciting of a change to start over is a perk to educating children. 2 Corinthians 5:17 reads, “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.” The old has passed and the new school year has come and may God bring blessings to those passionately educating our future and the children who walk through their doors each and every day. Jesus spoke in Matthew 18: 1-5, “At that time the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?” And calling to him a child, he put him in the midst of them and said, “Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. “Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me,” to remind us that we should also be like children as we search for the kingdom of heaven. Watch a child learn, Have you Forgotten?
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