"When We Love The Least Of These"

As I begin my 4th year of teaching, I wanted to share this song with you all. 

It's such a sweet reminder as we begin this school year--it has always made me think of my school and all the students there. 

I've talked to a lot of children who live with all kinds of various family dynamics. 

I've seen the aftermath and heard about a lot of sad situations that happen to these 2nd and 3rd graders when they go home--it breaks my heart. Yet, there's a part of me that is thankful that they get to be in the loving hands of their teachers, that care about them, and protect them, for 8 hours of the day. For 8 hours, we know they are safe, taken care of, fed, loved on, being told they matter, being told how important they are, and how far they can go in life--they are being led to take small steps in the right direction. 

This song has always struck a chord with me. I think of not only all the babies at our school, in all schools, but especially the sweet faces of the children I teach in my classroom on a daily basis. If not us (me), then who will be like Jesus to some of precious souls? This is my favorite line: "Boys become kings, girls will be queens, wrapped in Your majesty"---May I never forget that these little boys and girls are wrapped in His majesty. What an honor we have to love, teach, and influence them. May we never grow tired of reminding them through our actions that they are Kings and Queens.

"Kings and Queens" 

Audio Adrenaline 

Little hands, shoeless feet, lonely eyes looking back at me

Will we leave behind the innocent to grieve?

On the road, on the run when their lives have only begun

These could be our daughters and our sons

And just like a drum I can hear their hearts beating

I know my God won't let them be defeated

Every child has a dream to belong and be loved

Boys become kings, girls will be queens

Wrapped in Your majesty

When we love, when we love the least of these

Then they will be brave and free

Shout Your name in victory

When we love, when we love the least of these

When we love the least of these

Break our hearts once again

Help us to remember when

We were only children hoping for a friend

Won't you look around

These are the lives that the world has forgotten

Waiting for doors of our hearts and our homes to open

Boys become kings, girls will be queens

Wrapped in Your majesty

When we love, when we love the least of these

Then they will be brave and free

Shout Your name in victory

When we love, when we love the least of these

When we love the least of these

If not us, who will be like Jesus

To the least of these

If not us tell me who will be like Jesus

Like Jesus

To the least of these

Boys become kings, girls will be queens

Wrapped in Your majesty

When we love, when we love the least of these

Then they will be brave and free, 

shout Your name in victory

When we love, when we love the least of these

We will love the least of these