The kids had another week off of school this week, and we were asked to do three hours of studies a day with our tuitions groups. Have you ever tried to get three 8-year-olds to do three solid hours of work? It's not an easy task. Monday and Tuesday I felt like I was going to die, and I knew something had to change. So, I went to a shop in the village near our home and got four poster boards, and I set about making games and posters and I was determined to get those kids under control. Wednesday was so much better, and I was pretty darn proud of myself. But Wednesday night as I was going to bed I was convicted that I had been so focused on my projects for tuitions that I had let my focus stray from the Lord.
The next morning I asked the Lord what I should read in the Bible, and Hebrews 12 popped into my head so I flipped to it and didn't get past the first two verses. "Therefore, since we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us also lay aside every encumbrance and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God."
This just totally fit with what was going on. I'm called to run the race set before me, and I'm called to do it well. But most importantly, I'm called to run with my eyes fixed on Jesus Christ. I still so need to learn how to do all things as if unto the Lord, not to please others, not to make myself feel better about myself, not to make myself look good to others.
Anyway, I just thought I'd share that little story of how the Lord corrected me in such a little, practical thing. Overall, I'm doing really well. My homesickness has pretty much gone away, and I attribute it to all of you who are praying for me. So, thank you so much!
The next morning I asked the Lord what I should read in the Bible, and Hebrews 12 popped into my head so I flipped to it and didn't get past the first two verses. "Therefore, since we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us also lay aside every encumbrance and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God."
This just totally fit with what was going on. I'm called to run the race set before me, and I'm called to do it well. But most importantly, I'm called to run with my eyes fixed on Jesus Christ. I still so need to learn how to do all things as if unto the Lord, not to please others, not to make myself feel better about myself, not to make myself look good to others.
Anyway, I just thought I'd share that little story of how the Lord corrected me in such a little, practical thing. Overall, I'm doing really well. My homesickness has pretty much gone away, and I attribute it to all of you who are praying for me. So, thank you so much!
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