hmmmm.
yesterday i talked a lot about confidence. about finding confidence in Jesus Christ and acting boldly in that. as humans that are broken, depraved and generally just messed up, we have a tendency to look for and find our confidence (or acceptance, love, satisfaction, etc.) in the things and people around us, or the things that we accomplish. what happens when you lose the people around you that you find those things in? what happens when the things and people you look for that confidence in shift and move and change? (they are human afterall, and just as broken as you are, it's guaranteed to happen). when we find ourselves lacking confidence, really we should ask ourselves where our confidence is coming from, because if it's in Jesus Christ, he doesnt move. he doesnt shift. he doesnt change. he cant possibly love us any more than he already does. why are we constantly looking for what we need in places it cant be found? if we're not careful we can lose ourselves in the midst of trying to find ourselves...
funny how i taught that five different times yesterday and i'm still figuring out how to apply it to myself...
every day at the end of the lesson i have my students do this thing called "food for thought" i just have them reflect on the lesson, share some of their thoughts...a mini journal kind of...
yesterday i collected them and read over some of them from the last week... i was so encouraged that despite my lack of communication and teaching abilities the Lord still speaks. a lot of my students took His principles to heart, applied them and wrestled with them. i loved that. i know that i have nothing good to say apart from Jesus, and he's showing me that more and more these days...
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