(June 21, 2016). The recent tragedies happening in the States and in Kenya got me a little worried and scared for what is happening to the world. Hurting people because they are different, they don’t look like you, they don’t believe in the same things as you, or they don’t think like you. It’s pretty scary to know that there is so much hate and anger dwelling in a person’s heart, enough to make them harm those around them.
Talking about this with two sisters over a casual lunch the other day got me thinking of how I can possibly make a change or contribute to helping make this world a little brighter. A sister asked me how I felt about the shootings in the U.S. and in Kenya and I couldn’t help but think about the families of the victims and the families of the individuals who harmed them.
In the years that I’ve been working in early childhood, I came to understand that the role of the families, and most specially the parents, play a huge and important part of the child. Parent involvement is crucial in order for the child to develop emotionally, cognitively and socially. The family is where basic foundation happens and where the child experiences and learns about love, respect and acceptance. We experience God’s love in our families.
My discernment in this program has really brought me to further understand the meaning of Families in the Holy Spirit renewing the face of the earth. It has become so personal to me as to why I believe and live out the mission and vision of Couples for Christ. Although my family isn’t the nuclear one, I know that God has placed me here to experience the fullness of His love through my own family and the families I get to live and serve alongside with. He is calling each one of us in the community to be the bearers of light in the darkness of our world. He is asking us to see Him and to be open in feeling His presence and His love within our homes.
Wherever God takes me at the end of this program, I know with certainty that He has called me to mission. Whether within my family, the family I will create with my future husband (if that’s the case) or the families I will encounter along the way, my mission is to love and bring Love where it is first experienced, in hopes to renew the face of the earth.
