The sound of laughter, the echo of happiness, and the pursuit of innocence are the things that greet me upon entering my workplace. I have the blessing to work with 60+ brilliant, beautiful, and amazingly unique children. They ease my very own stress levels and often they bring smiles to my own face. They have eyes sparkling with laughter, hearts full of love, and minds just begging for information. On this job, I don't count it as a job. I count it as my real-life evangelical experience. While I can't go and tell them about the Bible directly, I can show the Bible and the Lord and Savior through my love and my passion and my committment to these kids. I can show the Jesus I know by loving them like the Father has chose to love me and that is deeply, intrinsically, awesomely, and purely...
He devoted His life to loving the innocent and the guilty alike. He ended up taking His cross and being crucified by it. His life was not His own to lead because He had committed it fully to live for His father. He had the innocent faith, the vulnerable faith, and the reckless faith that we all hopelessly and tirelessly strive to achieve even the very beginnings of.
I don't see myself as the Father by any means, but I do believe that for these children that I have the most direct connection to Him and that I am being called to use it. I love being able to spread His word through them by not even mentioning His name, but by showing the children His grace, His love, and His mercy...
In a way, it's like trying to speak in another language in entirety. I have finally unlocked the key to knowing how the language works. Speak with love and fervor and act with conviction and justice and the respond in multitudes. On the flip side if you speak anger and lacklusterness and act with laziness and desolution you will fog the message over...
I strive not be the fog, I stive to be the one to be the lighthouse leading the vessel Home.
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