One young woman asked me this question with
tears streaming down her face,
for she had been made to feel
small and worthless by churches like these, and she lived in fear that thousands upon thousands of women were experiencing the same
thing and there was nothing she could do to stop it.
We can rejoice that we are saved not through the immanent mechanisms of history and nature, but by grace; that God will not unite all of history's many strands in one great synthesis, but will judge much of history false and damnable; that He will not simply reveal the sublime logic of fallen nature, but will strike off the fetters in which creation languishes; and that, rather than showing us how the
tears of a
small girl suffering in the dark were necessary
for the building of the Kingdom, He will instead raise her up and wipe away all
tears from her eyes» and there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying, nor any more pain,
for the former
things will have passed away, and He that sits upon the throne will say, «Behold, I make all
things new.»
If you keep your head up and keep moving — making
small improvements along the way, always looking
for things that make you better (not
tear you down)-- you'll be a healthily self - reflective and progressive educator in no time.