Wow.. finally! I managed to hit my 100th post in blogger while other kiddies and friends have probably reached their 100th like eons ago.
It's been an interesting week. Somehow, being a teacher puts you in a place where you get to observe life on a small scale. I always kills myself with laughs when I see the juniors. Secretly I think each and every one of them are cute and I wish I could hug everyone of them but I have to keep being strict. I have no idea why I'm scary to them... I never roared at them also... *blinks innocently* The only junior who probably dares to kacau me is Celiney-Beanie, Sarah Ti's baby sister :P
I realise that looks can be deceiving. Words can be deceiving and even actions can be deceiving.
Who am I kidding? The longer I am in my work place, I realise that sometimes its not those kids out there in the so called bad government schools that are cruel, sick or just plain defiant. Honestly, I see more of that in my classroom than anywhere else.
Are we setting an example? Sure we are *rolls eyes* - gossip, backbiting, defiance of rules, listening to things that you want to hear only... I mean, come on guys, my list could go on. Lets not talk about having cliques and being emo the whole time while doing all these things.
Really...
Am I being sarcastic... you can bet I am. I don't think I've ever hidden my opinions concerning Christian discipleship. Perhaps I didn't use those two words, but definitely I've used a lot of time and energy to remind, nag, ask, request, teach, impose and repeat myself many times about what it means to believe in God. Seriously... do any of us expect to see those who do not know Jesus yet come to know Jesus if we don't buck up in our own lives. I sometimes wish if people would accept Jesus just because I kept my table tidy... I'd clean my table every 5 minutes. But it never IS that easy is it?
It's about setting an example. It's about walking the talk about Jesus. You know, Jesus isn't stupid. He knew He was going to go back to heaven and He knew it was up to the disciples to carry on His work. He was all about teaching the disciples to do His work - they cast out demons, multiplied food, healed the sick, preached the gospel - in His name. They did all that! They didn't waste their time chatting idly, they knew it was serious business - - > God's business. How many people get to be partners of God? It's an honour yo!
I'm a worship leader and to tell you the truth, hands raised in worship are not necessarily raised in worship. The hearts need to be raised in worship towards Jesus Christ. Heck, no one's perfect and there are occasions where I treated my slot to worship lead as a chore more than an act of service to the One I love, but we don't just shrug our shoulders and go, "oh well, never mind, I'm sure God understands."
We move from glory to glory, faith to faith and grace to grace. We can't always be left in that state. And by the way, its never God's fault okay!!! Don't ever make your attitude problem a reason for others to blame it on God. A person who just scarcely knows GRC can say that Christians there have an attitude problem and don't watch their mouths. Like wow... who goes to GRC.
ALL OF YOU.
This is a post dedicated to all of you. I don't really care if it ticks you off to read what I write. Don't go and get angry and say, "who does she think she is? so holier than thou!"
Please, do yourself a favour. Dig a hole, sit in it and ask yourself w-h-y in the world someone who's NOT from your clique, NOT from your circle of friends, NOT close to you... can make such a clear, simple but true statement of the overall attitude of GRCians? I didn't have anything to do with it.
Grow up guys and gals. Here's a list of things that have been going on since January 2008:
1. Disregard of school authorities - by now, those who have been consistently warned... should have been suspended. If it were government school, the teachers would have left you to rot. We on the other hand at GRC, care enough. But you don't care. Does suspension even hurt any of you? No...we're just supervisors who punish you for no good reason and enjoy making life miserable for you. Wakey wakey, no matter how rebellious you are... you still have a lot to learn about life, hotshot. You'll never stand a chance in college or work acting the way you do. And oh, by the way, one fine day, you won't have your parents paying and paving the way for you every single time.
2. Gossiping / Talking behind people's back - Thanks for killing the atmosphere of holiness in the school guys and gals. There was a time when people could look at each other and not suspect that there was a secret going on. There was a time when people could actually believe that no one hated them. Now, it's changed. You don't like a person, say it straight to their face and be honest about it. Don't spoil your own image and become a gossiper.
3. Swearing - I don't need to catch you doing it. I know you do it. I don't hate you, but I do know for a fact that if swearing was EVER cool, it would have been included in a dictionary and made part of your vocabulary. I don't expect those on the worship team to give into swearing. I don't expect those who call themselves "good" in school to be nice in front of me, but swear their mouths off when they are among their cliques.
In conclusion, please... when you do tell someone your a Christian, attention is on you already. Because you're telling the person that you are a believer of Jesus. That what He does is what you would do. Would Jesus swear, be defiant and gossip? Nuh-uh! Does Jesus need to be reminded by His teachers to finish His work? Nope.
I hope and pray that one day, a friend your age who isn't a Christian will come up to you and ask you this question?
"What's so good about being a Christian?"
And after you give him a fairytale-like description... he/she's gonna say in return..
"...Really? Wow, doesn't sound like you also."
