Another Day

It's a Saturday as I write this. Kauna, my sister-in-law that lives with us, and I just returned from our Women Fellowship Bible Study. We were four when we started today, then one came mid-way, and another came at the very end. Whether they come, or they have other engagements I try to get a study paper to them. Today we read "Seeking God".

I was reminded that not all children are blessed with parents who are Christians or who are concerned for them to develop a relationship with God. One woman mentioned how she had to find God as an adult because her father had no concern for religion and her mother only went to church on Sunday. As one who was brought up in the church I realize that fewer and fewer children are brought up to have concern for God. Perhaps some parents are even criticized for raising children to believe there is only one God.

I saw on Facebook and the news that the Muslims have begun the Ramadan season. Last night I was prompted to send a greeting to a family from school that I have had much contact with over the past years. Even though we may not believe in the same God, I still sent them a message hoping for a peaceful Ramadan season and I pray that they might enter into a time of personal growth.

Over the years, one element of my faith that has become more important is the awareness that God can work in more ways than I can imagine. He can work in the lives of the women I fellowship with, with friends I see during the week, in the lives of my students who enter my classroom, and in the lives of my family as we interact at home or through the internet. If we are open to God working in us and through us in any way, then we become God's tool.

Soon my summer holiday will end and I will head back to school for another academic year, less than two weeks before I report and less than three before classes resume! As I prepare for the new year I pray that students will not only be ready to learn, but that they also feel free to express themselves in my classroom and that they might see God in my life. That is my prayer every day; may you too be open to God both revealing himself to you and that others might see him in you. Have a great day!