Recipe for the Mature

I wonder what our students would say if we asked them "who do you follow?"... I wonder if they would respond with the "right" answer or if they would be totally honest about it... Having had grown up in the church, I often feel like I know the "right" answers to the questions being asked... Before, I would rather say what I'm "supposed" to say than be honest about what's really going on in my life... But now, with our desire to be a community, where honesty really matters, I am challenged to be "real"... to be honest... to say what it really is than what it should be...

I thank God for the opportunity and the privilege of being a worker for Him... Knowing that He is in control over all things, including our growth and the growth of our students, gives me comfort because I know I lack in many areas of my teaching and reaching out to my students... We have been given the opportunity to plant seeds and water the seeds in our students' hearts... Let us continue to serve God with humble hearts, giving Him all the glory and praise for the work He is doing in our lives as well as in the lives of our students... and let us continue to encourage our students to build an intimate and real relationship with God... so that when the time comes, they, too, can recognize how God is causing them to grow...