This is one of the first things in English Language Arts I will teach my sweet first graders, a couple of whom I met today at my school's open house. It's something I'm experiencing here in Bolivia with seasons that are opposite of the U.S. (It's the middle of winter, so I'm sitting in my apartment with my fleece and a scarf on...I never thought I'd see the day when I'd miss NC's heat and humidity.) It's also something the Lord is teaching me about the Christian life. It is so opposite for me to depend on him when I, by default, think it's all up to me. Rather than choose the strongest and wisest, God chooses the opposites, the weak and the foolish. Whoever wants to be great should not lord his power over others, but do the opposite--become a humble and selfless servant. God loves to show me his opposites: When I am weak he is strong, when I am faithless he is faithful, when I am unlovable he is love, when I am tired he does not grow weary.
Lord, as I teach my students about opposites, help me to have an opposite-the-world attitude like Christ.
