The News Is Out

I had a very sweet time with my sophomores today during lunch. They have been gathering each day this week to pray for Tebow, as they committed to do and today I got to pray with them. I had told them earlier this week they if they wanted to know the story behind UNITIMIDATED they could go on Face Book and find out.  After we finished praying one of my girls asked if she could read the post so I brought it up for them to read. What followed them reading that post will be one of the most cherished moments of my teaching career and one of the most humbling and frightening ones in this journey.
I was able to tell them that based on what God had taught me concerning Matthew 18:19 and after asking God for a token of assurance, that somehow God was going to allow them to meet Tim Tebow before the school year was over. To say they were excited is an understatement. It was such a sweet time of sharing with them how this journey began, many of the things that God has shown me along the way, how I felt we were getting ever closer to an answer, and the need for more prayer warriors, I even told them the way I had envisioned telling them they were going to get to meet Tebow and just let me just say here that they way God designed for me to tell was WAY better than the way I hoped to get to tell them. One of my girls thanked me for bringing them in on the prayer and for letting them be a part of it, something they wouldn't have been able to do if I had insisted on doing things my way.
The humbling part came when I realized how they took my statement of faith as a fact. It never occurred to them to be skeptical or to doubt, they were just awed at the fact they were going to meet Tebow. They believed because I believe. Honestly that doesn't humble me, it terrifies me. Their faith is a reflection of my faith. I know this is what is supposed to happen, I should model my faith for them and they should pattern theirs after mine...but what if I fail, what if I stumble? This just adds a whole new aspect to my prayers...keep my faith strong so theirs will be too. Not to mention, God HAS to  really come through now, my kids are expecting Him to, but God has never failed me before and I don't expect Him to now.