WHAT AM I LEARNING? TEACHING?
By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr.
Kyfingers@aol.com
TEXT:
John 7:15 And the Jews marvelled saying,
How knoweth this man letters,’having never learned?
Phil. 4:9 Those things which ye have both learned and received and heard and seen in me, DO: and the God of peace shall be with you.
Phil. 4:11 Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content.
Heb. 5:8 Though He were a Son, yet learned He obedience by the things which He suffered...
One year when I was teaching school in Lee County, Virginia, the last day of school, I had the 6th grade class write whatever they wanted to tell me.
One girl started her paper,
"Mr. Hughes you learned me a lot this year."
Well, it appears I didn’t do to well in the English
area.
No one can learn for you, you learn for yourself.
Others teach you.
I ponder, What am I learning? What am I teaching?
I am afraid all I needed to know, I never learned in kindergarten.
I have been to the school of hard knocks,
and I carry many scars from slow learning
and ears slow to hear.
But I have learned a few things. Please ponder these...
What have you learned?
What are you teaching?
I have learned---
that at best life is just temporary.
We pass this way but once.
It is easy to think we have forever.
60% of people have no will,
we live like there will be a tomorrow.
One of these days there will be no tomorrow.
We head toward death at 1440 minutes per day.
To die right, we need to live right.
I have learned---
that nothing is as bad as it first appears.
Walk away from it.
Get a good night’s sleep,
things will look different in the morning.
Haste has caused many tears and suicides.
I have learned---
if you don’t like what you are getting,
change what you are giving.
I have learned--- words can murder.
Ever read this...
I crucified a soul today.
I murdered it with my words.
You see, void now is one testimony.
My tongue did nail to a tree.
I have learned---
that the people that need your love
the most deserve it the least.
Invest love for tomorrow’s sake.
I have learned---
if you don’t like where you are,
you probably won’t like where you are going!
Contentment is a learned behavior,
few discipline their eyes or heart.
I have learned--- life is like a big puzzle.
God gives you only one piece at a time.
God does not always give you a picture of
what the puzzle is going to look like.
The picture develops as you travel the journey.
I have learned---
that blaming others is stupid,
you can’t change others.
But you can change yourself,
if you want to...
I have learned---
the fear of God and His commandments is the source
of real living.
We live in a society that paints the God of LOVE
so large, that God’s LOVE is abused.
Remember you will be held accountable.
Judgment Day is sure.
I have learned--- "THEY SAID" is a mean hearted phrase that hides the jellyfish mentality of cruel people. If you can’t say who said it, then don’t repeat it.
I have learned---
that water takes the path of least resistance and
failure takes the path of least persistence.
Any body can quit.
Why not quit quiting?
I have learned---
it is easier to spread doom and gloom than
it is to make a difference.
We have many spiritual thermometers that measure
the conditions around us.
That is not your calling.
You are called to be a spiritual thermostat,
you can make a difference.
I have learned---
that good comes out of bad.
What seems hopeless and in great despair
can be changed by prayer and love.
We forget that we know all things work together
for the good...
Why are you acting like an aimless orphan?
I have learned---
that death is not the end.
The sun goes down here, but never forget,
it is coming up over there.
The moon on the darkest night is just of reflection
of the bright sun hidden to our eyes.
The darker the night the greater the light.
I have learned---
that there are many fat,
lazy arm chair quarterbacks doing nothing but
talking about the tired, than
exhausted people that are daily in the trenches
with hurting people.
I have learned---
that many search for the burning bush in the desert,
but they overlook that earth is crammed with heaven,
every common bush is aflame with the touch of the
Most High.
There is a problem, only he that sees,
will take off his shoes.
The rest will chase the rainbow for a pot of gold.
I have learned---
that many people are running around searching for a
personal prophecy and a word from God.
They never read their Bible,
and are unfaithful to the church.
These grasshoppers want a WORD ...
but prophecy must align with the Bible and
it is to be preparational and/or confirmational,
great danger lies ahead when prophecy becomes
directional.
I have learned---
that there is no excuse to make excuses.
Making excuses can be habitual and contagious.
I have learned---
many have lofty long term goals,
but we fail to develop daily,
short term strategies to accomplish our goals.
God is usually found while being faithful to our
menial daily chores.
The shepherds returned to their flocks with joy and
excitement.
Saul was chasing his dad’s donkeys and returned home
the first anointed King of Israel
I have adapted a few things that I know...
I know---
that we don’t have to change friends if we
understand that friends change.
Pick your friends, but not to pieces.
I know---
that no matter how good a friend is,
they’re going to hurt you every once in a while
and you must forgive them for that.
Forgiveness is one of the greatest acts of love.
In forgiving you set yourself free.
I know---
as onions make the breath grow stronger so true
friendship continues to grow, even over the longest
distance. Same goes for true love.
I know---
that you can do something in an instant that will
give you heartache for life.
One little temper fit or act of passion can have
permanent scars.
Why Lot’s wife? Why? What was in your heart?
We must think before we act.
I know---
that it’s taking me a long time to become
the person I want to be.
Patience is not a dirty word.
God wants to build a person.
I know---
that you should always leave loved ones
with loving words.
It may be the last time you see them.
Life as we know it,is temporary at best.
I know---
that you can keep going long after you say I can’t.
The people that say it can’t be done, are being
passed by those doing it.
I know---
that we are responsible for what we do,
no matter how we feel.
You are a product of your daily choices.
I know---
that either you control your attitude and habits
or they controls you.
I know---
that regardless of how hot and steamy a relationship
is at first,
the passion fades and there had better be a plan to
grow kindness and something else to take its place.
I know---
that heroes are the people who do what has to
be done when it needs to be done,
regardless of the consequences.
So stay at your post of duty.
I know---
that money and toys are a lousy way of keeping
score.
It is THE LOVE of money, greed that hurts man.
You can be poor and have the love of money.
Love gives, it is the love of giving that
shows the heart of God.
I know---
that my best friend and I can do anything
or nothing and have the best time.
Just being together is special.
I know---
that sometimes the people you expect to kick you
when you’re down,
will be the ones to help you get back up.
I have been amazed at who is not there in time of
pain, as well as who is there in a time of need.
I know---
that sometimes when I’m angry I have the right
to be angry,
but that doesn’t give me the right to be cruel.
60% of all heart attacks occur within a three to
five hour period of extreme anger.
Is it worth it?
I know---
that just because someone doesn’t love you
the way you want them to doesn’t mean they don’t
love you with all they have.
Some love a hug, some are afraid of a hug,
in the past may be there was a cruel blow
after a warm hug.
But we must go on anyway.
I know---
that maturity has more to do with what types of
experiences you’ve had and what you’ve learned
from them and less to do with how many birthdays
you’ve celebrated.
Some like to use their immaturity to
control those around them.
God help us mature!
I know---
that it isn’t always enough to be forgiven by
others.
Sometimes you have to learn to forgive yourself.
When you forgive, you set yourself free.
I know---
that no matter how bad your heart is broken the
world doesn’t stop for your grief.
The problem of the heart is the heart
of the problem.
So guard your heart!
I know---
that our background and circumstances may have
influenced who we are,
but we are responsible for who we become.
We can’t hide behind blaming others for who
we have become!
You drove yourself where you are!
I know---
that just because two people disagree and argue,
it doesn’t mean they don’t love each other.
And just because they don’t argue,
it doesn’t mean they do.
We can agree to disagree.
If there are two people that agree on everything,
somebody is brain dead.
I know---
that you shouldn’t be so eager to find out
secrets.
It could change your life forever.
Controlling your tongue is important.
The tongue is easier controlled where the
ears are guarded.
I know---
that two people can look at the exact same thing
and see something totally different.
And they can both be right,
or they could both be wrong.
I know---
that even when you think you have no more to give,
when a friend cries out to you,
you will find the strength to help.
The matter is the heart will do what it wants to...
you must control the want to...
I know---
that the degrees, trophies, nor credentials
on the wall do not make you a decent human being.
Great ecclesiastical success sheets can leave empty
hearts.
I know---
that the people you care about most in life are
taken from you too soon.
We often do not appreciate the well until it has
gone dry.
Tell others you care, do not just give pretty
flowers on a casket.
What am I learning?
What kind of student am I?
What am I teaching?
You leave a trail, others may follow?
Be very careful.... \
His student,
Wade Martin Hughes, Sr.
Kyfingers@aol.com
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