Dear Sister,

It’s testing time and that means hours of sitting or standing as we wait for our beloved students to finish up the test.  Some students fly through the test while others literally drop their heads and snore despite every nudge to wake up!  

As a monitor, I decided to do my Bible study.  I packed my Bible, composition notebook, crayons and pens and headed to my assigned location.  I had enough  coffee, snacks and water to get me through the silent halls as we waited to escort students from the classroom to the bathroom.  No brainer kinda stuff for us but attention to details mattered for our scholars. On the way to my assigned location I waved to our new sub!  He was holding Rick Warrens, The Purpose Driven Life as he sat back on a folding chair.  Obviously no one told him that we would be sitting for hours.  The book encouraged me to wonder about his faith so of course I asked. Yep!  He is a believer with a mission to do better in Christ. I assured him that he was in the right place to be shaped by God into the man of God he has been called to be.  He mentioned that he was trying to find his purpose.  With a slight tilt of my head I smiled at him wondering if he knew that he would find his purpose in another book, the Bible.

Sis, I get it.  Most people are trying to find their “purpose” within a position but even as believers we fail to realize and hold on to our purpose and position in Christ Jesus.  If I hold on to my purpose and position in Christ, it doesn’t matter where He sends me.  I can be at the District Office, a classroom, the front office,a portable,downtown in the State Department of Education, church, or at home and I can walk out my purpose and position. 

If I can be like Christ, have the mind of Christ and be humble like Christ, I’ll walk in my purpose in whatever position I’m assigned for any school year.  If I understand my purpose and position in Christ, Jesus can send me to the far reaches of the earth and my purpose will still be the same:

• Let this mind be in you that was also in Christ Jesus.

• Watch and pray

• Do not be conformed to this world but be transformed by the renewing of your mind

• Love the Lord, thy God with all your heart, mind and strength

• Walk by the Spirit and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh (Galatians 5:16)

• Be like-minded, be sympathetic, love one another, be compassionate and humble (1 Peter 3:8)

And so on…

Sis, the scriptures of God are the blueprints for abundant life. Trust me when I tell you that I can slip on my face on any given day.  No wonder His mercies are new EVERY morning! I need a purse full of mercy! Just like a child learning to take those all important first steps, we can easily fall. Within minutes, not days, we get back up and get ready for another day of God’s grace and mercy, goodness and loving kindness.  That’s an awesome Helper!

- Mya Lynn