Where is the love?

But I say unto you, Love your enemies bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you and pray for them which despitefully use you and persecute you.

Matthew 5:44

God is working at AIS. Last week was spiritual Emphasis Week at school. We had two twins named Mick and Rick come and present to the high schoolers. I was sad I didn't get to participate in the high school portion of SEW but they had a part of it where the high schoolers gave their testimony whether they believed in Christ or not and as a staff we got a list of all the high school students and what they professed so that as a staff we now have the privilege and duty to pray for each of these students and disciple them. At least two students got saved this past week and many more seeds were planted.

This week we have anti bullying week at school. This is where we as a staff are focusing on how to deal with bullying and that there are things in the Bible that speak to praying and loving those who we don't necessarily get along with. This week in my class we are talking about love and what love is. I wasn't even thinking about anti bullying week when I came up with my memory verse or Bible lessons and it happened that this week was about love and our memory verse is Matthew 5:44. I love how God works things out like this. There is a song that has a chorus that I absolutely love and I will probably make my kids listen to it but its by Mark Wills and it goes like this....

I'm a little boy with glasses the one they call the geek

A little girl who never smiles cause I got braces on my teeth

And i know how it feels to cry myself to sleep

I'm the kid on every playground the kid that's always chosen last

A single teenage mother trying to overcome my past

you don't have to be my friend is it to much to ask..

chorus

Don't laugh at me

Don't call me names

Don't get your pleasure from my pain

In Gods eyes were all the same

some day we'll all have perfect wings

Don't laugh at me.

The thing that sticks out the most to me is that we really have no right to judge or laugh at anyone because in God's eyes we are perfect and he made us just the way we are and for a reason. I can't wait to point this out to my students and just really stress the point that even if we don't get along with someone that we are still made in the image of God and we need to pray for each other and love each other even if its hard.

Please pray for our students as they are having two weeks (last week and this week) of who God is and who we are in Christ. Pray for the teachers as we share with our students.