My alter ego: Mr. Warren

Today I "taught" my first lesson in the person of Mr. Warren. It went well, and I am so glad. Mr Thomas Shown, my university supervisor was even there to christen me for my maiden voyage into the sea of education. It was only a simple day of explaining how the classroom would work, procedures and the course outline. He sat me down afterwards to say that he had witnessed a good job and even swelled my pride with a statement to the effect that it seemed I was "a natural teacher and that my instincts worked very well for me."I'm sure if I dwelled on this statement very long I would find myself in a bad way trying to figure out why I had not planned anything for some class in the near future. But then again if I am to go anywhere with my life I am going to have to learn to take a complement well, not just letting it grow into something its not. I feel that I have over the years I have learned to snuff my own confidence in the presence (or in dialogue) of others to give off some false sense of humility, but if I am honest with myself I   live, in a some situations, for the approval of others.
I must own my own gifts. Just as my Pastor Tyler Jones has been teaching about for the past couple of weeks, we all have our own place in the body of Christ. Some are pastors, deacons, volunteers, caretakers, adopters, and student teachers in a Exploring Technology Systems class. I pray for true humility like that of Christ

 And he said to them, “If anyone would be first, he must be last of all and servant of all.” mark 9:35

Pastor Tyler says often how the elders(Pastors) in our church will not ask anyone at our church to do anything that they would not do themselves, in the example of Christ they are to be considered with the least of all. Take Christ as your ultimate example, God became man. Uncreated became created flesh. What kind of humility is that? Irrational unexplainable humility in love for us. Really it makes no sense at all but that is why it is the single most unavoidable fact in history. The question that is most asked in life , "what is my purpose? or why am I here? meaning anyone?" however you phrase it is answered in Gods act of love and your response to it. Worship. And there you go, purpose.