Jen's Thoughts
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Friday, May 26, 2000 Lately I feel like my ministry to the children is ineffective. Doubt began to creep in, and I wondered if children's ministry was really my calling. I could give numerous excuses for not teaching, but that doesn't outweigh my calling. I know that this is my calling, it has been confirmed again and again. This past week I have observed how I interact with children. It is like magic, one of the most beautiful gifts God could give me. I see the impact of my teaching when children run up to hug me after service and tell me what they did that week. That is reward enough. I had been frustrated because as my class is growing larger, weekly helpers are a dying breed. I thought that it was my fault that there were not enough helpers in my class, that if I did a better job the helpers would be there. But after thinking about it today, I realize that it is only my position to pray for those who are not answering God's call to ministry. I am there to perform a specific task - To teach the children. I can't get caught up in complaining about the lack of helpers or the sometimes overwhelming number of children. I have to 'finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me' - to focus on ministering to these children. I think I have been trying to take too much on. My focus was taken off of sharing God's love with the children, to simply making it through the day's lesson. This is one of those situations where I have to trust God to give me the skills because I know I can't do it on my own. But that's when you see His awesome power - When you know beyond a shadow of a doubt that it is God. It is humbling.
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