Model Christian

heh heh... sorry for the late post! =P

Saturday's passage shared a short picture of the life of Paul before he came to know Christ... he described himself as "once a blasphemer and a persecutor and a violent man"... and that he was shown "mercy because [he] acted in ignorance and unbelief"... reading this and knowing what kind of man Paul became it's amazing how God can cause a person to change so drastically...

i always wanted to have this great testimony to share with others... of how i have changed completely after meeting God... but having had grown up in the church, the change in my life didn't seem as great... however, i have learned that it is a blessing in itself... that i had learned about the Truth since i was young... and when i came to truly believe in it, the changes that occurred in my life were more personal...

last monday, i got to work and a parent called my classroom asking about summer school... over the weekend, she had received a placement letter for her son to attend summer school with a teacher that she didn't know... i had been expecting one of my co-workers to be placed in my program, but somehow she was asked to teach in an elementary school classroom... knowing the teacher assigned to my classroom... and knowing the poor relationship she had with my principal... and feeling uncomfortable having her teach my students, i decided to meet with the coordinator and ask that another teacher teach my students in the summer... well, the coordinator said that there weren't enough teachers who had signed up to teach summer school so she really couldn't do anything about it... so, i decided to teach and she gave me an application right then and there and even turned it in for me... i don't think i would have cared so much or would have volunteered to teach if i didn't love my students... and that's where i feel God has been changing me... that it's not about loving the teaching part, but really loving the students part of my job... and i didn't realize this until i saw how my decision had affected others around me... as i shared this story with my co-workers, i was surprised to hear their reactions... they commented on how my action showed character... or how thoughtful it was of me... and even my principal thanked me for it... to me, it was God at work in my life...

to be a model Christian is a challenge...
one thing i'd like to work on to become more like Christ is to be loving toward others, especially by not judging them... as i have been with a couple of co-workers at work...
i also want to dwell more in the Scriptures and get to know God more intimately and the Truth more confidently