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(From the series:Ministering Through Songs)
Janice Simone Ramkissoon
11th November 2009
In high school, my second year form teacher asked:
My favourite subjects were English Literature, English Language and Religious Education. I loved reading poems and stories and my English teacher, Mrs. Williams, was also my Literature teacher as well as my favourite teacher in High School.
Mrs Williams was gentle and very patient with the class, especially the disobedient children (she displayed the kind of beauty that 1st Peter 3:4 speaks of). Other teachers would argue with these children and sometimes remove them from the class, but not Mrs. Williams—she made them feel part of the class and encouraged them to make the right choice.
Mrs Williams’ gentle display of Proverbs 15:1(2) is a quality I long to see in many teachers/ leaders today. I now realise the similarity with Jesus’ teachings via parables and I want to be more like Him everyday. Therefore, I am drawn to individuals who display the character of Jesus Christ. That’s why, as a young believer, I admired Mrs. Williams, my English Literature teacher in high school.(3)
In my All-Age School, Religious Education (RE) was top of the list for me and I knew that when I grew up I wanted to teach RE to children. So in High School I was very attentive in RE classes—I didn’t want to miss anything that the teacher said. Today, I look back and realise that God has given me the opportunity to teach via Sunday school and youth group within my former and current fellowship.
We don’t always realise how God is using us but I’ve learnt that as long as we are walking in His will, being submissive to Him, we are available vessels for Him to use and He can use us in any way. He has given each of us a gift, at the least. That gift is a seed which needs to be released—planted, watered and nurtured—so that it can grow and bear fruit.
“Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair and the wearing of gold jewelry and fine clothes. Instead, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God’s site” (1st Peter 3:3-4)
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2)“A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.”
3)St. Joseph’s High School (Kingston, Jamaica)
4)St. Joseph’s Infant School, Gardenia Avenue, Luton, Bedfordshire, UK
5)New Initiatives Youth & Community Association
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Thanks for sharing. This is a testimony that God inspires and orients us toward His purpose even before we are aware of what it is and entails.
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