Loving Jesus

Friday in chapel, Alvin, Kendal, and Joshua (3 brothers) sang Amazing Grace a cappella. It was one of the most beautiful things I have ever heard.

Maverick and I watched The Passion of Christ last night. I’ve only seen it once and Maverick had never seen it. I started crying when Peter denies Christ. Half way through the flogging I couldn’t take it anymore and I put my hands over my ears and shut my eyes. By the time I opened my eyes again, both of us had tears streaming down our cheeks. Later we both started up again when Jesus was nailed to the cross… for us. As the credits rolled, we sat there in silence. Finally I looked over at him and asked what he thought. “About what?” was his reply with a huge smile plastered on his face. He then nodded in answer to my question and I asked him, “You love Jesus?” “Yeah.” “Because He loved us first.”

As I was watching the movie, I was also thinking about a few of my junior regular boys. I had found out that their naughtiness extends way beyond what I can see and understand. What they say in Chuukese… thousands of times worse. I was so angry and frustrated and hurt. In fact, I even said, “I don’t want to teach them.” In the movie there are some flashbacks to different parts of Christ’s ministry – where Jesus says to love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you and what does it say about you if you only love those who love you in return. And Jesus’ prayer to His Father to forgive His murderers for they know not what they do. …Please, pray for me as I want to be like Christ to these students.