pardoned-noun
1.a release from the penalty of an offense
2.forgiveness of a serious offense or offender.
The Light-Jesus
John 1:9&12 The one who is the true light, who gives light to everyone, was going to come into the world...But to all who believed him and accepted him, he gave the right to become children of God.
John 8:12 When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life."

Friday, April 16, 2010

my mission field

I'm a math teacher because God told me that's what he wanted me to do. Believe me, I fought it. I thought of plenty of other things I could do to work and make a difference but I knew what I was "supposed" to do. Finally, I accepted it and I've been doing it now for 6 years. Even though teen-agers bring plenty of challenges (especially mass quantities of other people's teen-agers) I always have peace and comfort because I know this is what God wants me to do.

However, I have another desire. It's to go out into the world and introduce people to Christ. To be His hands and feet! Don't misunderstand me, I'm terrified of it! BUT I totally long to do it. When my kids are older, I want to be financially free (no debt and all that), so that I can use all that time off that teachers get to be on mission for God. Don't get me wrong, with so many kids coming through my door everyday, I know that God can use me in His own way to reach them. I definitely pray that he does. I know I don't measure up and I need to keep working on it. But for some reason the foreign mission field just calls my name. I don't ever see myself not teaching, so I'm not really thinking that a long term mission is calling my name. But I can see multitudes of short term trips. I know that everyday is a gift from God, so I could not even be on this planet long enough to see my children grown but if God leaves me here, I want to make a difference. An eternal difference!

Now to completely turn the topic, in my desire to go on mission trips in the future, I have to pay attention that I'm not missing my role right now. My classroom is a mission field and I must keep that in the front of my mind at all times. I admit, I don't think I do that great of a job. I know I've made a difference for some kids but I'm not on fire like I should be. If you're reading this, please pray that I respond to this calling with more passion and energy! Pray for me to be more focused and dilligent.

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