Are they listening?

Let's see. I've been teaching now for how long? Over 25 years. Yeah, that's about right. Sometimes we teachers wonder, "Are they listening to anything I'm saying?" We give a test and discover that those we thought were not listening give all the correct answers. Funny. When you're teaching biblical principles of love, marriage and relationships there's a strong motivation to get your point across. God has given us principles to live by in His word. So, we use dramas, illustrations, stories, testimonials, and all kinds of creative means to bring the truth home. All the while praying and hoping that it's getting through to the heart of the student. Only time will tell if they really hear and if they decide it's important enough to apply to their life. Here are a few boys from one of our classes. Typical teenagers by all appearance, really, but brought up where human value is NOT equal. Women are not treated with equality and neither are those from a lower class. Even within the church walls, there is still far too much predjudice. But God. Yes, thank God, for we know that God is not asleep or on vacation - He is very much at work here on planet earth. We are beginning to see and hear changes in the people of God. We pray for more eye-opening and ear-opening to the truth. We are all equal in God's eyes - male and female, light-skin, dark-skin, blue-skin, green-skin. He loves all His children and doesn't want any of them to perish.