We just finished watching August Rush and it awakened something in my 13 yr. old son. A deep hunger to create and recreate music. This desire has been in his heart for a long time and he has been absorbing anything his music teachers feed him, but he still hungers, still yearns for more, for the day that he knows enough to express all he feels in his soul. Oh, to be a prodigy like August, to be able to express all that is in his heart without the pain of learning, but to have it come to him as naturally as breathing. Yet the hunger lives and I pray will never be completely quenched a hunger to keep learning, keep seeking, keep expressing the music of his heart. I pray that I will always be able to feed his hunger, to pay for lesson and encourage him.
I love it when movies or books inspire people, stir up the hunger of their souls. I love it even more when a single ordinary life does the same. There are those who's hunger for adventure is stirred when they see sky divers, race car drivers, Survivor Man or Bear Grills. Other's are inspired by sports stars, actors or singers. Teachers can be great sources of inspiration when they choose to arouse the hunger in their students. I pray that mine will be such a life, one that causes those watching to realize their hunger after God and seek to know Him deeper than they've ever known anyone for only He can truly satisfy their hunger. Even the hunger they don't know they have yet.
It breaks my heart when those who once inspired others end up disappointing instead. It is a danger for all "leaders" a reason we can't take leadership lightly. We must stay on our guard, be transparent and humble always, because as humans it is inevitable that we will fail. Failure is most destructive when it is pridefully flaunted or fearfully hidden. But if I am careful to teach those around me how to think for themselves, how to learn for themselves and am honest about my own weaknesses then, with God's help, my failures will become teaching points and grace will cover my sin and reveal the greatness of the God I strive to serve.
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- Kathy Unger Marshall
- Dallas, GA, United States
- As a wife, mother of three and a full-time employee Kathy is well acquainted with the struggles to maintain balance, a right attitude, contentment and health in the midst of chaos. All the hectic times in her life, including seven major moves and five minor ones have served to reinforce her dependence on the only anchor she has found to hold her steady through the years; Jesus. Kathy writes of her personal journeys through the pages of scriptures, deserts of dryness, showers of blessings, the darkness of depression and the bright days of joy. She speaks of all she has learned about herself and her God in these journeys with the hope that her experiences will serve to encourage other women, who are fighting these same battles to stand strong.
