Amazed and Impressed

I was recently invited to watch one of our churches 3rd graders take his test for his next martial arts belt. Jonah had not been in martial arts that long so I didn't know what to expect. He took his test with two other boys who were in his class but who had been in martial arts much longer than Jonah.

For 45 minutes Jonah and his classmates went through their test together. Jonah showed himself to be very impressive as he did his test without flaw. Jonah was able to finish the test and had done so well that his instructor gave him the next belt by passing the belt he was testing for.

Sometimes as Christians we limit ourselves in what we can accomplish because we are young in our faith or are not as well veresed in Biblical matters. But with faith in the Lord and with deligent work we can find ourselves impacting our peoples lives far more than we expect.

Jonah reminded me that hard and consistant work can accomplish much. God will take our abilities and availabilities and will do much with it.