Post contributed by, Mrs. Gail McGinty.<\/p>\n
Years ago when we enrolled our daughters in Faith Christian School, our hope and expectation was that FCS would reinforce what we had been teaching them at home. We wanted them to daily hear that Jesus Christ is pre-eminent in all things, that every subject they could ever study is rooted in the truth of Him, and He can be found in every truth because He is the source of truth. We wanted FCS to assist us in teaching our daughters what a Christ-centered world view is all about as they helped us prepare them spiritually and academically to live in the world.<\/p>\n
Last night, I had the privilege of witnessing yet another example of how that mission is being carried out at FCS. I happened to be in the room when Mr. Carr gave the cast of the play \u201cThe Wizard of Oz\u201d his final instructions before sending them to the stage not necessarily to give the most stellar performance of their lives, but a greater mission.<\/p>\n
As I listened, I heard Mr. Carr engage the cast in questions about the true theme of the story and the true purpose of this group to be telling it. He told them that in every story there is a greater story\u2026the story of God, redemption and eternity. He skillfully conveyed to the students that within the theme of this play, \u201cThere\u2019s no place like home,\u201d is a message for every heart. There is a longing, a knowing, that we have been made for our eternal home where our Heavenly Father lives and where we are forever loved and safe. Our earthly homes have the potential, as Dorothy\u2019s did, to give us a taste of that perfect home, but we all innately know we aren\u2019t home yet.<\/p>\n
Mr. Carr read Ps. 107:4-9 that so beautifully portrays \u201cThe yellow brick road\u201d for every longing heart who is looking for a city to call home.<\/p>\n
\u201cSome wandered in desert wastelands,
\nFinding no way to a city where they could settle.
\nThey were hungry and thirsty,
\nAnd their lives ebbed away.
\nThen they cried out to the Lord in their trouble,
\nAnd he delivered them from their distress.
\nHe led them by a straight way
\nTo a city where they could settle.
\nLet them give thanks to the Lord for his unfailing love
\nAnd his wonderful deeds for men,
\nFor he satisfies the thirsty
\nAnd fills the hungry with good things.\u201d<\/p>\n
This Psalm answers the burning questions of all the ones who like Dorothy are searching for home, or like Scarecrow who wants to know, like Tinman who wants to feel, and like Lion who longs to overcome his fear. God \u201csatisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things.\u201d\u00a0 He leads those who are wandering to a settled place. \u00a0Mr. Carr then led the cast in prayer that God would touch the hearts of all those in attendance with the question of what their hearts truly long for, and to the one who can lead them there.<\/p>\n
I am so thankful that I just happened to be in the room to hear Mr. Carr\u2019s last words before the curtain went up, and I thought you might be encouraged to hear them too. You can be sure we will be talking about what he said around our dinner table. I hope you will be too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"