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Identify one or two practical ways you can help prepare your students for the struggles they’ll face in the world.
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I think one of the best ways I can help prepare my students for the struggles they will face is to talk about my experiences and to explain to them what God has taught me through those lessons. I grew up in a Christian School bubble and it was a huge shock going to a public college because I never felt my thoughts and beliefs be challenged before college. I want my students to have a strong faith in Christ and to truly know what they believe. Through my own experiences, I want to make sure my students know to learn from my struggles so they can walk into the world with knowledge they didn’t have to learn the hard way.
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Two ways I can help prepare my students is by sharing real life examples of struggles that I have faced. I can show them how being fully equipped with God’s word and the Holy SPirit helped me to defend my faith and stand on what is true.
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I have always found that the best way to help my students with the struggles is to be honest. I have to keep it real with them but also bring in scripture to guide them.
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Your enemy doesn’t take a break, sin doesn’t stop in the world because you are tired, sick , or sleeping. While you are having a bad day, the Devourer is still seaking whom he may have for lunch. We are human and letting our guard down for a moment, could cause us to sink, like Peter did walking on water to Christ. He is our Redeemer and our buckler and shield, but we also have to be active armor wearers, using the gifts our Savior bestowed upon us. Using the Sword and Armor regularly will aide us immensely to navigate these dark days and minister to the lost and dying. He is our only true Hope.
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Being honest about your own struggles and painting a realistic picture of what life looks like following Christ is a great gift to our students. We are too often content to live bumper sticker Christianity and brush over our faults as if we had none. Our students need to see us follow Christ through good and bad.