Many heartfelt thanks to all US Armed Service members who for love of the United States put their lives with loved ones on hold or lost them that the rest of us may live with our loved ones in peace. May you find eternal life in the Presence of Love and peace forevermore. “There is no greater love a person can have than this, to lay down one’s life for a friend.” John 15:13

Do what you can, when you can, as much as you can, as well as you can, for as long as you can, knowing you never can earn all JESUS did for you.

I Didn’t Catch Your Meaning

Educators often emphasize clarifying meanings, definitions, ontologies,
understandings to those they teach/lead/mentor. That is fairly
straightforward as part of pedagogy. But how do we get others to catch
the meaningfulness of why we are dedicating our days and lives to this
subject to begin with? What is so important about rocks that geology
became a fascination for you? Why grammar when some of us remember
diagramming sentences with as much affection as waterboarding? What was
that moment that opened the window to the classroom and let your heart
see your future fields of interest on the horizon?

Chances are you have a story to share about that moment, or the
culmination of those moments where facts and subject matter from some
connection to some other person in flesh, print, film or electron became
meaningful to you.

Sit down for a moment and write out a reflection (blog post, email from
your student self to your leader self) on the subject you’ve dedicated
yourself to. Try to recapture that moment:

- What or whom got you interested in this subject?

- Why?

- When?

- How can you pass that along to others in a new, preferably
fresh, way you may not have even considered yourself before now? (Can
you use media that’s familiar to them though perhaps not to you?)

- How did the spark jump the gap from subject to pass a class to
subject you want to pass your life in?

Passing that story to those you’re leading in any given subject in a
personal way to you, yet in their context, in ways they will understand,
should be part of any teaching methodology and curriculum. Without
catching the meaningfulness of the field of study, you do others and
the subject you’re trying to instill into them a great disservice.

John 3:16-21 Our love of GOD & faith in Him is not the seed that grows eternal life but are the leaves & flower & fruit of accepting His loving & giving Himself for us.

#Chapel Lamentations 3:23 GOD’s faithfulnesness isn’t ground in us but in Himself. We need only trust Him for life now & forever in JESUS

#Chapel Mark 6:30-33 Loving the LORD follows the rhythm of the LORD’s Life. Get alone & apart with Him to recharge to give others again

I am Joseph in prison. May GOD send a faithful cupbearer used to break through fear of man to have leaders listen. Genesis 41:9

#Chapel Philemon 1:1-11 If the rest of your own life seems dry refresh yourself in knowing you are being used by JESUS to refresh others

Great song I haven’t heard in years & years by Ken Medema a blind composer & singer. Lord of the Troubled Sea

Ken’s website is at http://www.kenmedema.com

JESUS never told us to like (feel emotional affection) for everyone, just to love (do & want the best for & expect the best of) them.