Jesus Loves the Little Children

Today was my last day of mentoring for this school year.  I have had a standing appointment every Monday morning from 10:00 to 11:00.  At the beginning of the semester, we had a lot of "snow days" which happen to be on Monday.  Finally the winter weather lightened up on Mondays so that we could enjoy our half an hour visit.

There were two kindergarten girls that we signed up for the mentoring program and waiting for someone to who would dedicate thirty minutes with each of them.  When I was asked to mentor both of these girls, I thought it went with a pattern God had established in my life.  When I was a full time teacher, I taught pre-k and kindergarten.  Volunteering as High Point Tour Guide, I was the leader of one of the two kindergarten groups.  It seemed perfect for my mentoring students to be in kindergarten also.

During our usual mentor time, we would play games that would reinforce skills that they were learning in class.  Today we had a fun day.  Each of the girls received a coloring book and crayons as a "see you later" gift.  Then we chose to either play Candy Land or color in their coloring books.  We also shared a special treat while we visited.

One of the girls decided we should play a couple of rounds of Candy Land while we ate a snack.

The other chose to color in her coloring book and munch on our mini Cheez-Its.

Mentoring was a wonderful experience.  I enjoyed the opportunity to be in a school setting again as well as work one-on-one with a child.  Each of these girls have been in my prayers since I was first asked to volunteer as a mentor.  I hope we will be paired up again next year.  If we are not, I hope I showed them that Jesus loves the little children.

Spiritual Inventory

Eleven days  from now I will be giving my testimony to a large group of teenagers.  Speaking to a large group is not new to me.  Speaking to teenagers is not new to me either.  However, putting all of that together is a rather new experience.

The definition of testimony is a formal written or spoken statement, especially one given in a court of law or evidence or proof provided by the existence or appearance of something.  What I get from this is, what I share with these teenagers needs to be brutally honest to the point that if I were being judged in the court of law there would be no cause for doubt.  My testimony needs to have detailed evidence and transparent proof that God exists in my life and makes a daily appearance.  

During my Experiencing God Bible study, one of the past units discussed how God speaks through our circumstances.  The study suggested that the participant for a "spiritual inventory" of specific times when a circumstance pointed to God.  I took the study's suggestion and began a time line of events that directed my life to where I am now.  

For now, I have a hand full of the most important events in my life.  These events whether good or bad put me on the path to my current location.  There are many details that I will add to bring more to the story of my life.  Once this timeline is up to date, it will be the evidence I need to be brutally honest with transparent proof.

My timeline was created on a template found in the Microsoft Word schedule templates.  To view my timeline click on the word timeline in this sentence.  I would love to see your Spiritual Inventory.  Comment below if you would like to share.