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Back to School……
Proverbs 4:1-7, Ephesians 6:1-4
Good morning, class!
This past week, and next week, and in the weeks ahead back to school will be
the thoughts of many.
Are we ready to go Back to School?
The sales for school supplies have been in the stores since the Fourth of July!
Advertisements
online, in newspapers, flyers, TV ads, commercials at exhaustion — sales practically everywhere.
Parents
are getting ready for their children to get back at “it,” for some, the sooner the better.
I am remembering
backpacks, pencils, pens, notebooks, and lunch boxes.
I am dating myself for sure, as now it is cell phones
or laptop or iPad or tablet.
However, most of us here have already done this preparation, or at least know
of someone who has been through this process, many years ago.
There are some who are homeschooling
their children.
But for a lot of the public and myself, I chose to let the educating be done by trusted and
college-trained professionals.
We all have choices in this country, but today I am basing my thoughts on
our public education, locally.
As we move forward, we are reminded of the rules for safety, such as stopping for school buses
when the bus lights are flashing.
Making sure we are slowing down while the children are crossing in
crosswalks.
There is the increase of traffic due to buses, staff and other personnel.
This is a good sign, that
schools will be in person, not online.
After-school activities and events for parents and grandparents to
attend.
Oh my, we become very busy and focused on all of these.
The key focus of children going back to school should be, and is, education, teaching/learning.
Learning all you can in the short 180 days.
In this district the other important process is learning about
community.
The key for success in that process is, to me, the importance of education shared with the
children from their parents, adults in their lives.
These are my thoughts and through prayer, l feel they are
not wrong.
You might think, “Okay, so what does this have to do with back to school and what is the
connection?”
The connection is this: we are getting the young minds of students ready to learn.
As written
in Proverbs 22:6, “Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not
turn from it.”
When we help prepare students for school, their education, we feel it necessary to make sure they
have all the tools for success.
Making sure they get to their destination safely, having proper utensils for
reading, writing and arithmetic (really old school!).
Having nourishment, proper clothing such as staying
warm and/or dry, and staying healthy.
Having a sense of acceptance, safety and peace while being there.
What are we doing to make sure we have that same preparation while attending church?
Are we
ready with a pen or pencil to take notes while listening?
Also, to write down names of people we need to
send a note of encouragement, a line that was shared from a Scripture that hit a point to you.
Are our
spiritual needs being fed?
Do we feel accepted by our church family?
Are we looking down on others
because of their clothes or voices or their health?
Are we listening for God’s Word?
Do we open our
Bibles?
Back to school … hmm.
Also, we, as a community of Christian believers, need to always be learning more of the Word of
God.
While we learn, we too can teach to children and adults of our findings of the love of God.
Are we
ready for our back to school days ahead?
I will vouch for the fact I am learning increasingly more every
day.
It is as easy as reading the Bible every day or following a devotion.
This learning is referenced in the
Book of Deuteronomy 5:1.
It states, “Moses summoned all Israel and said: ‘Hear, Israel, the decrees and
laws I declare in your hearing today.
Learn them and be sure to follow them.’”
Just as the students at school are learning, we too could be learning and going one step further,
teaching/witnessing.
Discipling to fellow Christians and, even more, to those who are non-believers as in
Matthew 28:19, “Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father
and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.”
While we continue to learn, we also can practice what we learn, hear, or read.
This task is easier
said than done (for me, that is).
I am a work-in-progress as so many times I fail at this; but with God’s
grace and mercy, I can go on each day.
Each morning should begin before we ever get out of bed with
asking God to give us wisdom for the day.
Listen to these words written in Hebrews 6:1, “Therefore let us
move beyond the elementary teachings about Christ and be taken forward to maturity, not laying again the
foundation of repentance from acts that lead to death and of faith in God.”
Attending church services should be as exciting as when we first went to school.
(I am basing this
on the fact that in our early days, most of us had a positive experience in school one time or another.)
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