Sunday School Breaks for the Summer...or not.

Sorry I haven't written in a while, my husband and I have been busy with fixing cars while simultaneously trying to save money to move, and packing slowly here and there.  Needless to say I've been a bit distracted with organizing, deep cleaning, pulling my hair out because of vehicles, you know, life.  As we all know part of the craziness that is life is that it never stops and there's always something more on one's plate than the here and now.  My something more currently is preparing to teach Sunday school this coming school year.  I have the blessing of teaching the youth group at my church, which is also mildly terrifying because, well, teens, and I have to say I believe I have the best group of teens I've ever met.  They like to be involved, they like to learn, Sunday school is never long enough for them, they ask me hard questions that I often don't immediately know the answer to, they make me search things out and without realizing it they often teach me.  And sometimes the things I'm studying for THEM, not myself specifically, teach me quite a bit, things I may not have learned otherwise.  This coming year we are going to be focused on giving and giving back, and having a spirit of mercy.  Being kind, loving, thoughtful, considerate, putting others first, selfless.  All these things that sound much easier than they actually are, and today I was given a kick in the pants lesson about it.  A family at my parent's church have 5 children of their own, an adopted child, and they are in the process of adopting another child.  I just found out today that their house burnt down completely this past Sunday evening.  I'll be honest, my first thought was basically, well maybe this is a sign that you shouldn't be adopting another kid esp. since you don't have a place to live.  It's crazy to have that many kids.  And as soon as I thought it I mentally slapped myself in the face.  How DARE I think such a thought?  How can I think about teaching my kids about being merciful with an attitude like that?  Note: I'm not berating myself too harshly because the problem is that I'm human and far from perfect and I've changed my thought pattern and moved on.  I have 10 nieces and nephews and while I love them all dearly I would never offer to watch them all at once, I would lose my mind.  Point being that if a family feels led to add child #7 to their family they have CLEARLY prayed and thought about it and feel led by God to do so, so who am I to judge?  Yes, their house burning down is a trial that God has allowed them to go through, but I for sure have no answers as to why so I shouldn't be jumping to conclusions of any sort, but instead praying for them and doing what I can to help them.  Sunday school is never done for the teachers.