Jesus is a' callin'

I have REALLY been having a tug on my heart about teaching Sunday school. For those of you that don't know, I teach 3-4 yr. olds on Sunday and I have really been getting burnt out and bored with it. It is hard for me because most Sundays, I am just annoyed with the fact that I have to be there when really I should be joyful in teaching the Word of God. How can the children be excited to learn about it when I am not?! I have really been praying about this and I realized that the preschool age is not the way for me and I am really interested in teaching middle school. Preschool Sunday school is easy peezy lemon squezzy and does not challenge me AT ALL. I can't have deep, meaningful conversations, I don't feel as needed by the younger kids, and the stories are just to easy!! I mean how hard is it to teach about God's love through the story of Noah OR about how flippin' AWESOME Jesus is through all the stories of His mircales?
The Lord has reminded me repeatedly how much the middle schoolers REALLY need a positive role model. I have also been reminded about how much middle school just sucked- I mean so many things are changing, peer pressure, gossip, I mean total nightmare! When all this stuff starts coming into play, I feel that it is the most important time for kids to be reminded of God's grace and that no matter how "gross" their hearts are, He loves us. These kids need someone that they can relate to and someone that can be honest and vulnerable with them about how "disgusting" my own heart is and the challenges I face as an adult. I am ready to be challenged by these kids, to learn from them, and to just constantly remind them of how much we are loved by the Lord. Thinking about teaching next year gets me so excited to have some awesome convos about J.E.S.U.S.!!!!!