Today things did not go as planned… and I was really disappointed. We were supposed to be putting Christmas shoeboxes together as the 10th grade class, but several kids didn’t bring in the requested items and the person who was supposed to bring in the boxes, didn’t. So we were only able to put together 2 boxes (with shoeboxes that students brought in). I got frustrated because part of it is that these kids just don’t really know how privileged they are. How can you make them grateful for what they have? How can you make them want to bring in items to donate when they don’t care? How can you open their eyes to the world? But the other part of my frustration stemmed from having to rely on other people to accomplish a task. As I thought about it though, I realized that it just goes to show that we are human, we are frail, we are sinners, and we let people down… which can be disheartening if that’s where our thoughts stop. How grateful I am to know one who is worthy of our dependence, of our praise, of our loyalty and of our love… and what’s even better is that He will never fail us.
It's a reminder for us to be grateful, too, isn't it?
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