Being interviewed by the school administration, the eager teaching prospect said: "Let me see if I've got this right.
You want me to go into that room with all those kids, and fill their every waking moment with a love for learning. And I'm supposed to instil a sense of pride in their ethnicity, modify their disruptive behavior, observe them for signs of abuse and even censor their T-shirt messages and dress habits.
You want me to wage a war on drugs and sexually transmitted diseases, check their backpacks for weapons of mass destruction, and raise their self-esteem.
"If they are wrong they need your prayers all the more; and if they are your enemies, then you are under orders to pray for them."
Victoria Osteen's recent comments about worship - "When you come to church, when you worship Him, you're not doing it for God really. You're doing it for yourself, because that's what makes God happy" - are more than just bad theology. They are also another temptation for followers of Jesus everywhere to sin in how they react to Christians who have lost their way.
AGC West Superintendent, Rev. Russ Wilson, reminds us of the foundational cost of becoming a follower of Jesus.
Part of God's kingdom growing involves our waiting for him to work according to his timing and not despising the small things he does along the way.