Test of Patience and Love

Sometimes I really wonder, is it just me or is He trying to show me something? Recently, I have encountered some problems with the bunch of kids under my charge at Sunday school, and admittedly, I have been somewhat discouraged. All initial enthusiasm about taking them under my charge until they get into the Youth Network of my church has dissipated. I had a chat with my pastors, and we'll see how things pan out.

But yesterday was a revelation of another sort for me. I was conducting the Sunday school session, and one of the team leaders who had sat in with me remarked that 2 of my kids have some literacy problems....and all this while, I was wondering why they are unable to read the Bible properly or even spell properly. Another 'bomb' dropped when one of the kids' mothers told me her son has 'special needs'. *Faint*.

But all these revelations have given me a better understanding of the dynamics among the kids in my group, and also understand how it is that some of them do not seem able to respond to some of the activities. Oh well, guess it's time to hunker down and really engage in some pow-wow prayers for them, now that I know their respective problems.

Thank God for revealing these to me, as I am now able to view them in a more positive and different light, as compared to the frustration I felt when they got restless and unresponsive. Big time prayers are needed to weather this. =)