TAG | Holy Spirit
For the past several months I’ve been facilitating an Adult Confirmation Class on Wednesday nights. The class came to be, I believe, as a result of the Holy Spirit. I had long desired adult education time on Wednesday nights. The youth had classes but classes didn’t consistently exist for adults. At the same time, I was being a hypocrite since I wasn’t encouraging my children to participate in the programming available to them. As the month of August approached, the scheduling calendar, again, did not show any adult education classes on Wednesday nights. It was now put up or shut up time for me. I had been feeling led to offer a class so that there could be a place for adults to gather and learn with one another and grow in their faith. Was God calling me to lead such a class? I consulted with the pastors and with my wife. It was decided I would offer a class, that she would come to it willingly and that our children would begin going to their programming.
Now my wife and I have been attending Faith for almost 18 years. Why now? Why this time around? I believe God is working through me so that His message continues to be shared. After all, we are called to go forth and to share the good news. I had been seeking to grow stronger in my faith, to share it with others and to help them do the same. My own faith grew even more last week as we were preparing to finish our discussion on faith. I had decided to pass out a singe mustard seed to each class participant. It was taped to a sheet of paper along with Matthew 17:20 written on it. A person’s faith, like a mustard seed, starts small and grows if nurtured. A visual came to me as I was working with the seeds. A piece of tape stuck to the bigger piece of paper where all of the seeds had been placed. When I lifted the tape without holding the paper down, the seeds went everywhere. Ah Hah! Indeed, they did go everywhere. As they combined and then spread out, I imagined the faith of each class member doing the same. Go forth and be disciples. Share the good news. Until next time…
“And the peace of God which surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.” Philippians 4:7
