Learning Lessons
I walked into church today and found out that there was no one to teach the children's Sunday School class. Y'all, if you knew the week I had, and the Saturday that followed, you'd know that teaching children was just about the absolute last thing I wanted to do. My nerves were shot and I needed to be taught, not teach, but no one else was stepping up to do it and the kids couldn't be left on their own. So, I roped a friend into helping with "crowd control" and off we went. As I headed up the stairs to the classroom, I wondered what we were going to teach them. I wondered what I was going to say. I wondered how I would react when they refused to listen or follow instructions. I struggle on a normal day to handle it when kids don't listen, but today? When my nerves were gone. What was God thinking??? Why was there no one else willing to take care of the situation??? I'll admit, my friend tried and did a good job reading the lesson that was next in th...