Three elements

Do we carry about with us the thought of God wherever we go? If not, we have missed the greatest part of life. Do we have a conviction of God’s abiding presence wherever we are? There is nothing more needed in this generation than a larger and more scriptural idea of God.

I copied this from Henry Drummond. He talked about  the three great elements which go to make up a perfectly rounded Christian life, which he described from a painting.

1. The first element in a symmetrical life is WORK.

2. Another element in life, which of course is first in importance, is GOD.

3, The third element in life about which I wish to speak is LOVE.

And at the end of his article he gave an advice on praying for the one we are lacking of. 

These three things go far toward forming a well-rounded life. Some of us may not have these ingredients in their right proportion, but if you are lacking in one or the other of them, then pray for it and work for it that your life may be rounded and complete as God intended it should be.

A beautiful and necessary advice in our life.

Little people

Children are people! Yes! I love them, I work with them, I teach them, I also learn a lot from them everyday. These last two months I have been teaching the less fortunate full time. I used to engage in full time teaching the children for many years. The passion of teaching in me never dies. I take every opportunity daily to smile and interact with children. I can't remember there is a time where I smile at a kid, she/he never smiles back. Except one time, that surprised me. But most of the time they want to be acknowledge and they are, they are the friendliest creature in my opinion.
By now I know each of the child in my class. Each of them is so precious with their own unique character. One particular girl, she really wants to test me. She would do exactly the opposite and wait and see what I would do. One painting day I was doing the painting with them. I put some paint on one of their hands and let them do the printing. I told her specifically to print once on the card, but she quickly did it twice and looked at me with a mischievousness smile. I looked at her with a stern look this time instead of getting upset because she was testing me. Then I reminded her again to do once for the next color. With the understanding that I really meant what I said and without getting all aggravated with her disobedience, she was testing me for sure, she obeyed this time.