Today I was reminded of my childhood.
I remembered when I was in first and second grade under the instruction of Mrs. Antrom. She would come out on the playground at recess and played "Follow the Leader" with us. Of course, she was the leader. She walked all over the Terraville playground, jumped over swings and slid down the slide and each student followed her. There were times that she would get so far ahead of the last student that she would have to stop and wait for them to catch up. Then there were times that she would weave her way through the line of students. Everything went well unless one of the students made a wrong move and then part of the line would have a new "leader."
Today Chip and I went out to rake and bale hay. He baled right behind me as I raked. Wow! I was the leader and he did an excellent job of following me. There was one time that the baler was acting up and since it was in my way, I had to wait for him to work things out. Then I got a few rows a head of him and he started to do his own thing. It worked out as we both finished in the same spot.
As a teacher, I think of students and how they play "Follow the Leader" in class. Some will choose to make good choices and follow others who make right choices. Then there are those who choose to make wrong choices and they follow a whole different leader. I think we call it peer pressure.
I still see it happening in adults. At a parade we tend to look around us and see if anyone is going to stand and salute the flag as it goes by. It can be a lonely feeling when no one else does what is right. (Thanks to my cousin in Hawaii who did just that.)
I am thankful for Christian parents who taught me to follow the Leader---Jesus Christ. There are those who have chosen to despise the Bible and its teachings. They have chosen to follow a different leader.
Joshua 24:15 (KJV)
And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.
I remembered when I was in first and second grade under the instruction of Mrs. Antrom. She would come out on the playground at recess and played "Follow the Leader" with us. Of course, she was the leader. She walked all over the Terraville playground, jumped over swings and slid down the slide and each student followed her. There were times that she would get so far ahead of the last student that she would have to stop and wait for them to catch up. Then there were times that she would weave her way through the line of students. Everything went well unless one of the students made a wrong move and then part of the line would have a new "leader."
Today Chip and I went out to rake and bale hay. He baled right behind me as I raked. Wow! I was the leader and he did an excellent job of following me. There was one time that the baler was acting up and since it was in my way, I had to wait for him to work things out. Then I got a few rows a head of him and he started to do his own thing. It worked out as we both finished in the same spot.
As a teacher, I think of students and how they play "Follow the Leader" in class. Some will choose to make good choices and follow others who make right choices. Then there are those who choose to make wrong choices and they follow a whole different leader. I think we call it peer pressure.
I still see it happening in adults. At a parade we tend to look around us and see if anyone is going to stand and salute the flag as it goes by. It can be a lonely feeling when no one else does what is right. (Thanks to my cousin in Hawaii who did just that.)
I am thankful for Christian parents who taught me to follow the Leader---Jesus Christ. There are those who have chosen to despise the Bible and its teachings. They have chosen to follow a different leader.
Joshua 24:15 (KJV)
And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.
