Comments on: Heartbreak, Relief, Shame

By: Wild Bill

Wild Bill — Tue, 07 Feb 2017 18:48:46 +0000

ALSO!
“If you can’t feed a hundred people, then feed just one.” -St. Mother Teresa

By: The Space Between the Numbers

The Space Between the Numbers — Sat, 04 Feb 2017 15:40:00 +0000

By: Shawn Roberts

Shawn Roberts — Fri, 03 Feb 2017 15:49:49 +0000

Thank you for you honest comments. Like all of you I struggle with all of these things every day. As a teacher I try to balance teaching my students the content and then being Christ in their lives as well. Reminding myself to not to in my nice safe bubble and have Christ’s heart for all those in the world especially those he has put in my path. I constantly pray and read the Word to try and be the light where God has planted me. At times I feel I should be doing so much more but God always reminds me to grow where he planted me and He will let me know when He wants me to move.

By: Linda Null

Linda Null — Fri, 03 Feb 2017 14:54:47 +0000

I am so thankful you decided to step out in faith and voice your thoughts. I am leading a class at our church called “Not a Fan” by Kyle Idleman and it has given me the conviction that I must die daily to myself and pick up the cross for Christ if I want to be a true follower. Your words ring true, Michael.

By: Wild Bill

Wild Bill — Fri, 03 Feb 2017 13:44:45 +0000

As a teacher, we have a mission to those who need our advocacy. This is what helps me to “deal” with the difficult student. I am growing a heart for the student who acts out, the student who feels misfit, who is broken.

I too am broken, and can practice being a broken healer like Christ made himself to be.

By: mathnerdjet

mathnerdjet — Fri, 03 Feb 2017 04:54:25 +0000

I relate so much to what you are saying. Only our infinite God has the capacity to notice and care about ALL the hurt and pain in the world and EACH individual personally. I sometimes wish that I lived in an isolated village with a population of 70 people so that I could notice and care for each one without the overwhelming burden of too much information about too many people. Knowing too much seems to make me care too little, almost as a defense mechanism. I need to stop and pray instead of stopping up my ears when the evil in the world is overwhelming. Because it isn’t too overwhelming for God. But I am ashamed to say that most of the time, I am just too busy with my own little world.

On a more positive note: It helps me to think small when big overwhelms me. This week I had deliberate, civil conversations with two people at school whose political views are different from mine. We talked and listened to each other. It wasn’t earth shattering, but it was something I could do.