So...I meant to put this up a while ago, but about a little over two weeks ago I was told that I would be leading Core, actually teaching a lesson. The topic: Time Management and Priorities, a topic I had mentioned wanting to discuss in core. Although when I suggested it I didn't think I would be teaching the lesson. The whole idea of teaching and sharing my "wisdom" does not thrill me at all. Mostly because anytime I have shared my thoughts in a group it has felt like wasted breath. It feels like no one ever listens, of course it often feels like this just about anytime I talk.
Reluctantly I prepared for core. I pulled together some versus I found helpful and though of questions to put forth to the group. I even had tips for managing time. I am certainly no expert at managing my time, but I do seem to have the opposite problem of most people. I think that I have too much time and that I don’t fill it all too wisely.
Anyway, I started off the lesson a little shaky. I always get nervous before speaking to a group. As the lesson pick up so did the discussion. The girls really appeared to be into the discussion. When it was over, several girls thanked me for the lesson and told me I did a good job. The praise bothered me a little. “What did I do,” I asked myself. “Nothing,” I answered my own question. I only did what I was told to do. I think it scared me or perhaps just startled me that people actually listened to what I had to say and even possibly took it to heart. Still, I don’t take credit for it. If anyone was moved or changed by anything I said, it was the Holy Spirit that did it, not me. I did nothing except what I was told to do.
What I learned from teaching, though, is that the Holy Spirit is with me, guiding me, and opening people’s ears to the lessons that God would have us learn.
