i had the class all to myself today. and i must admit, i've fallen so much in love with them that the ones who couldn't make it, i felt my heart ache thinking that i won't see them for another week. so much misses...
i'm still terrified though, of teaching... so many questions i don't have the answers to. and the ones that i think i am able to answer, i can't seem to simplify! but i'm glad they are thinking so deeply and so much and i hope to encourage them to keep asking, keep questioning, not just about God but about everything in life. to always question presumptions and challenge assumptions.
but today's lesson was good, thank God! the topic was on forgiveness... irony or coincidence?? the psalm was psalm 32... i really hope the kids understood the psalm, really tried to break it down verse by verse. this one was easier to explain ie. no cheem words we all didn't understand! can't say the same for cheem concepts though =/ but it's the discussions i really enjoy with them. getting them to open up more of themselves as well.
have you ever had to forgive somebody for hurting you?
have you ever had to ask forgiveness from someone you hurt?
qi ah, qi... maybe you were spot on afterall, that i'll be able to share my experiences ;) but rest assured, i did not pour out my heart on the kids! but i did manage to share the process... the feeling of not knowing why people would even want to hurt us, the pain that we feel from it, not wanting to forgive... i hope they understand why it is important to forgive, that God will be the one to judge and that we have to forgive just as Jesus did. and also, why it is important to say sorry and to ask for forgiveness from God.
and raymond and i are trying to make full good use of our CM prayer journal. it's funny, that when i ask if they had any prayer requests and they say no, then i would ask, "sure? how about exams?" and suddenly they were saying yes! and then they thought of more things to pray for :) hmm.. still need to get them to pray though... hehe
miss them already...
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