Paul's Life=My Life

        Last night my church started going through the book of Ephesians so the sermon was mainly an introduction of the book. In a strange way though, I got a lot out of the sermon and here is why. Paul is the author of the book Ephesians. The book has two main ideas and those ideas are: "Who is Christ and Who am I in Christ". The first couple of verse told us who Paul was and what kind of people we are and/or should be.
        Paul was a Man of Grace because Jesus saved him from a hard life on a dirt road. Paul was killing Christians because he was so devoted to his country and didn't want or believed in any other king. That is until he met Jesus. Jesus knew what Paul had done but He still loved and forgave him anyways. Jesus eve said, "Paul, why are you killing me?" After he had came to Christ, not only did he care for his country but he cared about the rest of the nations enough to go and spend the Good News to those people. He was also one of Jesus' apostle. Someone that Jesus picked out of the crowd and told him to follow Him.
        Now going on to the kind of people we are/should be. There were two verbs in the 2nd verse that told us how we should live. Those verbs are: "Holy and Faithful". When the verse says, "God's Holy people", it means that God picks who He wants apart from the world for a special purpose. Whoever God picks is to have a transformed mind and be unlike the people around them. God sets apart certain people because He already has a special purpose for them. There are also the words "Faithful people" in that verse. Those words means that those people who He set apart from everyone else should trust Him for what He has done for them. Faith and Trust goes hand in hand. I know simpler said then done.
         As I was thinking about what the pastor was saying, during the sermon, about who Paul was and how he became it, I was thinking about myself and who I really am or could be. I have been through a lot these past few months/years but I know it is because God is chipping away at me and showing me who I really can be. Here are just a few things that I know I'm really passionate for now:

-children
      -0-3 years old first and then 4-6 years old
-education for children
-teaching the whole child, not just emotions or from the books
-sensory processing disorder
-love doing sensory things with children
-the outdoors
-writing
-actions, instead of words

         Those 8 things are perfect things to tell you about who I am. I really believe and trust that God put those things on my heart because He has something special planned for me with those things. I mean when you really look at all of those things together, I could come up with something fun to do like having a hands-on school outside for disable children. That might come true someday day but for now, I like where I am and that is at a preschool working with the infants.
         I also think God wants me to go the rounds on different aged children so I will be ready to work with all kinds of aged children. Going through the book of Ephesians with my church during this new adventure/job is my life is really going to be interesting and fun at the same time. It might even be another challenge for me because God always knows that I am always looking for a challenge of some sort.
         Here is a quote that the pastor said last night and it really stuck with me: "Where Christ is, we are there also." Are you living and showing what God is doing in your life through the way you live and work?