Message from Pastor Mori
Dear RFUMC Daily
Like you are receiving today, RFUMC'S weekly newsletter, I also have been receiving several news and articles from various organizations, institutions, and several media groups. Everyday my mail is packed with emails to which I subscribe. Since I subscribe to so many groups' newsletters, I have a chance to read about many people who share a common interest in subjects such as COVID-19 and health issues, war and peace, and current issues happening in the world.
One interesting thing is that even people who are writing about common subjects have their own viewpoint to look at the world and all their voices are different. These different angles to look at the world lead us to different conclusions and resolutions.
During the pandemic, I read several articles about schools and students, especially about students who are having trouble learning, and articles that share a concern about the school system and how we can help them. However, this one was different that I am sharing now. It is very different, and it gave me the chance to think about my perspective toward the world.
"Stories we tell ourselves shape who we are. I taught at an alternative school for students who were struggling to finish high school. Some of the most wonderful children went through some horrific circumstances, and they told themselves that they were inherently bad, incapable of learning, and therefore poor at school. When their negative assumptions of themselves were confronted, and they had some experiences of success themselves in my classroom, they were some of the best students I have every taught. The stories we tell ourselves shape who we are and who we can become."
The author asks us "what stories do you tell yourself?"
So I asked how do I look at myself and the world where I live? And what kind of stories shape my life?
I remember what God's story - John 16: 33 says, "I have said this to you, so that in me you may have peace. In the world you face persecution. But take courage; I have conquered the world!' " And Romans 15:13 says, "May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in God, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit."
And I think that if we open our eyes to be a witness to God's story, we can also shape of life on the promise of God's relentless grace.
So let me ask you again, what are the stories that make you who you are in your daily life?
And how are you molded and shaped by God's stories in your life?
I hope every one of us writes beautiful stories full of love and care for each other.
Blessings,
MORI
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