Jesus and the white board

She is one of the 22 preschool students that I have the privledge of having class with in the mornings…  To myself I like to refer to her as Alexis #2 .

My first day of class the teacher had me sit down at a desk beside one of the students..  All I knew was that I am a sucker for little kids and this little girl sitting beside me was adorable..  From the minute I sat down she started to mess with me..  From playing with my hands, to just taking her attention off the teacher who was teaching in the front of the classroom and putting it on me(the interesting white girl). The teacher didn’t like it much and made her move to the front of the classroom.  Upon meeting this child my mind immediately went to my niece Alexis..  I could just see my sister trying to tell Lexi something and me being a sucker and letting her get her way on the other side of the room and Ashley moving her away from me..

The only problem with Alexis #2 is that although she was moved to the front of the classroom.. She is always looking back at me smiling and trying to talk to me across the room.. The teacher doesn’t gain the childs attention again until she bangs a stick really loud on the white board..  It’s like the child doesn’t understand that if she just keeps her attention on the teacher until the end of the class she will be allowed to play with me again..

This reminded me of the way the Lord feels..  Sometimes when we see something fun and interesting in our life we tend to play with it and pick at it and it ultimately takes our focus off of  Jesus.  So He will sometimes remove us from an innocent situation and place us somewhere else so that He is the only one we can see and we are forced to only have our attention on Him because that other stuff is out of our sight.  Even though at first it just seems pointless, in the end we are better for it, because we learn in the front of the classroom not in the back with the distractions.. 

The only thing is that we can’t keep looking back longing to be in the back of the classroom because we will learn nothing and we will be miserable..  We have to learn to be happy where the Lord has us, allow Him to teach us the lesson at hand and understand that if whatever is in the back of the classroom is of the Lord than it will be waiting for us when this season is over..

I believe if most of us just open our ears, we could hear Jesus beating His stick on the white board..  Saying ” Focus on me and all else will fall into place, and don’t look back.”

Its amazing that when I was supposed to be teaching the preschool class..  The Lord used an adorable little girl to show me it was time to open my spiritual ears, and I am finally able to hear Him beating on the white board… Loud and Clear…