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Date: 26 September 2005 17:59:45
Does God acknowledge our efforts? When we get despondent does he come to revive us?
It can be pretty depressing to come to Chapel each Sunday morning too find 1 person in your Sunday School class. It can be hard too motivate yourself to prepare a lesson and then give it. You hope for response but sometimes its like conversing with a lump of lead.
This Sunday has changed that....
Yes, I only had Pastor Chugabug's daughter again. You could have called her as Surly or Petulant but over the last few weeks that has slowly begun to change. At last I am getting feedback. Not just the odd word but consistent, well thought out questions and challenges.
I have ditched the Scripture Union books for this year and decided too go with a less structured basis for class. You could never guarantee the same attendees for the classes, so trying too follow structured themes was a waste of time. You'd have to keep repeating yourself to cover what's gone before and then run out of time for the lesson.
Now we have begun looking at what a Christian is. We look at what a Christian's role is and how we can put that into practise. We look at the enviroment, poverty, disability and work from there.
This week we did the Sermon on The Mount and how that effects us. I was expecting non-commital comments but got positive response.
We talked about what we need to do. What Jesus meant in the Beatitudes and how they are there as a sign that, no matter what happens, God is there to comfort us and strengthen us. If you read it in the NIV you get the feeling that he is not talking about separate entities, such as peacemakers or the meek, but the things that we meet in our own lives. Each of those points is for us as individuals to absorb and act on, or take comfort from.
I know have at least class member who is actually learning, and wanting too learn, about her place in God's world. She has now acknowledged that her idea of a Christain, that of a church goer, is only a part of what God wants and will use.
Here's to more and more weeks of development. Hopefully we'll have another soul saved for Jesus.