Passion

So today was career day at the middle school I am student teaching at in Frisco. It was a great day, full of fun activities for the students. Each student got to hear 9 different adults present about their careers. I had two different speakers during my day that I worked with. The first one was an orthodontist, and the second was a student at UNT that is also a music producer. He is graduating in Dec., and has owned his own music recording business since he was 19 (currently 24). He had amazing passion, charisma, and humor that the kids loved and fed off of. The kids were raving all day about hearing him speak, and were even running between sessions to make sure they got to sit in the front row to hear him. All this is the preface for something awesome that happened at school. This music producer (Trey) would also initially ask the students what was something they were passionate about, and further explained how they should find a way to turn that passion into something they can do for the rest of their lives. Every session the answers were the same: "acting, football, soccer, music, etc. " All these are great answers,  and ones that you would predict from people. The last session, one of my athletes really shocked me with there answer. When Trey asked them what they were passionate about this one male student raised his hand and said God! When I heard that I was so touched inside. I was not shocked because of who said it, but because of the timing and the sincerity that he said it with. So often students, adults, and Christians in general are so embarrassed to proclaim their love for Christ. This guy was not ashamed, and did not care if others new that he was PASSIONATE about the Lord. It really made me realize that no matter how much people try and remove God out of public schools, they can never remove God out of the students. Even in FCA, teachers and coaches are not allowed to lead "on campus" activities. Students must lead them, which is great, but sad adults may not be involved except for supervision from a distance. It was awesome and encouraging to see this boy stand up in front of tons of classmates and say that when everyone else is describing how they are passionate about worldly short term things. We often forget that although those things are great, and no matter how good our life is, this life cannot touch our next life. Just wanted to share this story with you. Stay Blessed,
Reid