Once you have found your place, allow yourself to fall in love with it.  Teaching children is my passion.  I love doing it.  I have been doing it for almost 45 years.  I taught kindergarten at a small Christian school for 9 years.  I taught 4 year olds at a Christian day care for another 5 years.  I have taught Sunday School for years, always the ages between 4 and 8.   I just love those little guys, and I think they return that love.

I come alive when I am in that classroom.  The children give me strength.  They love me for who I am.  They respond to my love. Children are so painfully honest and willing to express themselves.  One hug or smile from a little one can make my whole day.  It can bring me out of dispair.  It brightens my day and gives me hope for the future.  It can lead me to the love of Jesus.

We invest our time and money in what we love.  We love our children and do all we can to minister to their needs and desires.  A ministry is the same.  If we love what we are doing, we will invest in it.  Every time I go to the store I pick up things for our church food pantry.  I spend a lot of money on supplies and crafts for my Sunday School class.  I do it because it is a top priority in my life.

I treasure my time spent doing what I know God has designed me to do.  God’s word says in Luke 12:24, “For where your treasure is, there will be your heart also.”  I treasure the children in my life.  I treasure my work at the shelter and food pantry.  And, I treasure writing items of encouragement for others.  It has taken many years for me to kknow what my purpose and calling is, but now that  I have found it, I will never let it go again.

It is an awesome thing to know that you are right where God wants you.  It is an awesome things to watch as He mixes and mingles together our talents and our passi