We are told in the scriptures that in order to appreciate the good in life, we must experience the bad...in order to be truly happy, we need to know what it feels like to be truly sad.. and there is a time and a purpose to everything under the heavens...
After several weeks of occasional prayer and recent days spent in almost constant prayer, I have finally began to see the small pin prick of light at the end of this tunnel of depression I have been in. There are several colleagues at work who have felt immense sorrow with the nature of our jobs this year at school. Because we put so much of ourselves into our calling as teachers, it has the potential of draining us of energy to deal with the "under belly of the beast" of teaching... When I am given little to no free agency to chose what is best for my individual students, to use the talents the Lord has given me to enhance my lessons for my students, I have discovered that there is a grieving process that has to be endured before the acceptance phase can take place.. I think that is truly what I have been going through recently... However, the upside of this trial is that it has caused me to look harshly at myself and to see if I need to make a change in my job, my life or just what... I am now at the stage of listening carefully to the guidance that the Lord is trying to give me as to what direction I need to go now... I'll keep ya posted as I learn the answers to this.
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You are making a difference. Lady at doc office yesterday said her daughter LOVES you as her teacher.
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