Why Can't Life Be Like an ESL Class?

I read this Facebook status update recently, and had to laugh because I can recall saying the same thing a couple years ago: Why can't life be like my ESL class?

Here's what I love about ESL classes:

I cannot teach without the power of God working through me, and I KNOW I can't! So I pray...I pray for wisdom, guidance, ability, and opportunities. I pray for my students and their ability to learn, their openness to the Gospel, their enjoyment of the classes, and God's working in their lives. I pray for the other volunteers and God's direction for them...as well as God's blessing in their lives. Most of all,I pray that God would be glorified!

I know I'm not in it alone...so I pray with others before class and as class starts.

I want my students to see that God hears and answers prayers, so I ask them how I can pray for them, and then we pray together.

I look for opportunities to share how God's Word applies to our everyday lives. It always does!

I seek out opportunities to share the love of Christ with my students.

I see each student as God-sent, there for a reason. Each is important. I want to remember their names and call each by name.

If conflicts arise because of cultural differences, grace is extended!

I find absolute joy in meeting the needs of others...physical needs, emotional needs, and spiritual needs!

What if I lived my life like this all the time...not just for a couple hours a week doing ministry, but every day, all day?

What if I knew I couldn't get through ANY day without spending time with the Father, so I started the day with Him, and checked back frequently?

What if I prayed not only for myself, but for those that don't yet know Him, and for those that do?

What if I prayed with other believers, becoming unified in heart and mind?

What if I asked those around me, each one God-sent and important, how I could pray for them...and then prayed with them?

What if I remembered peoples' names, and called them frequently?

What if I looked for ways that God's Word applied to everyday life and shared that with others?

What if I looked for opportunities to serve others and share the love of Christ?

What if, when cultural or personality differences arose, I extended grace?

What if I found joy in serving others, however menial the task, as I could see that in doing so, God was meeting physical, emotional and spiritual needs?

What if?