Worth More Than Gold

Hi again! I know my last post was about how much we're worth, but just a heads up, this post is about the exact same thing.

This just gets me so excited, and lately, it has proven to be something that a lot of my students and friends around me need to be reminded of. Therefore, I want to keep sharing about it. God's been working on my heart a lot and reminding me still how much He loves us. How much He loves me. Again, this is a truth I have pretty much always known, but it is so easy to forget! This week has gone so smoothly and almost well compared to the past weeks of school. That doesn't mean the students have been any better, really, because they have not improved much from before. What HAS changed is my heart. I don't look at them like, "if these kids don't absolutely love me, I'm not doing my job right." Now I see them more as, "if God loves ME as much as He says He does, then He also loves THEM that much." That is a beautiful thought for me, especially since it has started to open up some doors to go deeper with my students. One of my 8th grade girls has shown real interest in getting to know me and has just done a beautiful job of loving me well.

This relationship has only scratched the surface of where God could take it, but man am I excited! I actually get the chance to have some one on one conversation time with her tomorrow after school, where I really just want to pour into her and show her how much God loves her. She's having some "boy issues". Yes, all you women know what I mean. Gosh, it scares me when young girls bring this up, but it's also exciting to get to show her how her worth does NOT come from a boy liking her, but rather from her Father up above who loves her just as she is.

There's certainly something to be said about beauty in the struggle. That happens to be exactly where I am right now. I am in the struggle. However, I'm encouraged to have numerous people tell me that my kids see that struggle, but they also see me still loving them, still working hard, still persevering. James knew what he was talking about in the Bible when he said "consider it pure joy whenever you face trials of many kinds, for the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its' work, so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything." (James 1:2) I don't just want this truth to be evident in MY life, but in my students' lives, too. I love what God is able to do with us when we just let Him. That's what I want to do, I want to give God the chance to move and all He asks of me is to be flexible and go where He is leading. If God only brought me here to make a difference in ONE kid's life, I am one hundred percent fine with that. Why? Because I get to be a part of the kingdom work of Christ. I am so blessed to work at a place where I get to talk about Christ and be as open about Him as I want to be, and that the kids here are all so open to Him.

I think I may have gotten a little off track from my original intent with this blog, but let's face it: God is just up to a LOT here right now, and therefore I have a lot to talk about!!