Being Faithful

Being mortal, we do not truly comprehend the concept of being faithful. We try but fall far short. There are those who cloister themselves for a lifetime and pretend that they know, but their studies of what others say confuse their understanding.

Being faithful is a difficult concept to accomplish; we must start by returning to the words of Jesus. He forever invites us to join each other into permanent life-changing relationships that create wholeness together in community and a more important wholeness in ourselves. We lack thankfulness, mercy, and love in all our relationships regardless of their closeness or distance.

It is better to have joy and a hint of delight in every action we perform every minute of every day. It is so much better to walk through the day with a smile than a frown. This would change our lives to be so much better, would bring us to a companionship with all whom we meet, a companionship of equals.

Our overwhelming, misguided need to preserve all things we do is probably wrong. We are too tied to habits and traditions that may or may not be valid in our present circumstances. We need to put the old aside for the new to grow into maturity. I know this to be true.

When I was young, I knew I wanted to teach. But God said no. I had to put that dream aside for other adventures for dreams that were not necessarily mine but were for the good of others. I love And I learned how to work with all types of people. And… I loved my work. Then tragedy struck. . . and I was forced to change directions.

I was lost! Then God told me to open the door I was standing in front of. I did. I found myself sitting in a college class preparing for a job as a teacher in a local high school. I was 50 years old. For the next 25 years I taught, I learned, I was lucky to get a master’s degree in history, and Doctorate Degree in Literature, I learned from my students both in high school and college until I was 75 years old.

God prepared me to be teacher from the customers I served. I had to listen to my customers and learn from them to serve them properly. In a word, I had to learn from my customers. And to be a good teacher, I had to listen to my students and learn from them, and I did, for 25 years.

I pray that I was faithful to them every day.