Let Them Hear You In Me

I was listening to a CD that I accidentally bought the other day, I thought a song that I had heard on the radio was on it but it wasn't. Anyhow, I was listening to the CD a little peeved because I bought the wrong one, but as I stood infront of the mirror getting ready for my first professional interview this song came on. It basically stopped my in my tracks.
Being a teacher, and a Christian I meet a lot of opposition to my faith. There are laws separating church and state and now more than ever, they are taken to the extreme. So extreme that I am often afraid to discuss God and church even if a student brings it up. If a student complains to their parent(s) and then the school gets wind of what was discussed, my head will be delivered to the parents as an apology by the school board.
I always felt like I was betraying God by skirting around the subject or giving a quick little answer like "ask you parents when you get home".
My prayer everyday was that somehow these children would see something different in me. Something that would make them realize that some people do love, aren't quick to anger, and do care. But so many times I fall. I lose my patience, I start to yell, and I am not a beacon for God. Obviously I won't be perfect, but in a world where these kids are looking for something solid and good, I need to try. I need to be like Jesus.
Anyway back to the song. The song simply said "let them hear you in me". This is my prayer daily in a world where others are trying to negate God and make His presence illegal. I pray that others hear God's voice when I speak and that they see God in the way that I live.
I realized that although I can't tell these unloved children how much God loves them, that I can show them how much God loves them through my actions. I can give them a glimpse of God in my life hope that they too search for something more in their own lives.
As I went to my interview, the only prayer and thought in my head was the the interviewers would hear God when I talked and see the love of God in my life when I was in the classroom. If that is something that they don't want in their classroom, then I don't want to work there.
God has an ultimate plan, and where ever I end up I will be praying that they hear God in me, and there is no shame in that.