I recently agreed to help teach Sunday School at my church, because my mom has taught it to the middle-school aged kids for the past year and a half or so, and with her making an exit, they have fallen into a sort of quandary. There are 2 or 3 of us that said we would help, so I don't expect to have to teach it every week, but in the midst of life-decision making and moving, I'm a little worried that I'm going to short-change the kids.
We are expecting to get some curriculum soon so that whoever is teaching any given week won't have a huge responsibility to plan a lesson, but until then I'm just sort of throwing stuff together.

I've never been the teaching kind, really. At least I've never seen myself as such, more often focusing on my imperfections in that field. I'm not always the most patient person when it comes to trying to get children to focus, but given the fact that I worked at a summer camp for 5 years and never came to blows, I guess I do all right.

I guess it comes down to my sort of self-deprecating tendencies and my constant feelings of inadequacy when involved in any sort of leadership. But really, even the men and women that we consider to be great spiritual leaders - whether historically or presently - definitely are not infallible. A spiritual giant, I do not have to be, and thank the Lord. Because in that respect, falling short is an understatement.