“Do not forget the honor and responsibility of one who instructs the lives of the young, teaching them to think, indoctrinating them on the ways to live a measured life, fair, ethical and moral according to the measures of the Lord and His endless grace; yet forget not also the sorrows and pains that shall come, for not all shall love wisdom, or cling to these old ways.”
While musing today in the office over matters, a teacher’s philosophy came to my mind. The night before was spent listening to the joys of a brother; for God, has seemingly answered his wish, he had found a partner to walk alongside him in life. A man of over 20 years, a good soul, a kind soul, has finally found one who would walk along side him, therein lies a measure of joy… if only matters were not made so utterly murky.
She did not share a common faith…
I really wished I had an answer to all this greyness, knowing a certain youth leader from my home church, she would have set the foot and called in the thunder if he were a leader- good for her that life can be so black and white. Un fortunately, it isn’t always so.
The only emotion i had was bitter sweet, happy that he found some one, sad that it was so murky…
At times, truly as Ezekiel once responded to a query by the Lord, “only you know Lord, only you know.” Such an honest and humble reply, for it was one that did not assume anything but the acceptance of His sovereignty… In response to my student, that was all i could say… for who am i to presume that she would not see God through this student’s conduct? And come to fall in love with Him?
Yet the opposite is also true, for at times, doors are opened, not to tempt us, but as a measure for us to see where our allegiance lies; are we able to fully trust our Lord, trusting that He will do what is best in the sight of what is good? For often enough, good, is the nemesis of the best. And oft enough, it is the foreign woman who leads the man astray…
Sigh… the complexities of life that we as humans introduce… though in the end, what is done, is done, as a teacher all that is left is for me to pray, that the best outcome would emerge from this…
Amen