Wow! Has it already been 3 weeks I have been student teaching for those precious little people?! I am starting to teach more and more as I learn the art of teaching 5 year olds! And yes.. I mean it when I say art! You have to not only teach them, but keep them on task and entertained simultaneously! You have to play policeman, counselor, nurse, and so on all in one day. When I come home, they have worn me out 110%! I do love what I am doing and look forward to going to school daily. I already have their Valentines' ready to go!
The one thing I am not so excited about is that these precious little people like to touch everything and cough/snot in their hands and now MY nose is raw and red from blowing it 10000 times today! Such is life! This too shall pass... (Pauses to blow now) It is not to the point of nose-blowing pain!
One thing I have been relying heavily on is God. I too often go through the frustrations of not reading my Bible or spending time with Him because I am super tired, can't wake up early enough, or my mind is racing and thinking about a million other things. Well, Sunday night I decided that this was no good! Last spring I would get up at 4:45AM just so I could ready my Bible before having to be in Conroe at 7:30. I thought I could do this now! So, I am making it a habit to pray every night that the Lord would wake me up with a clear and sound mind so I can start off my day spending time with Him. I know for a fact my days are better and more joyful when I do so, so why is it still so hard sometimes?! It is the carnal nature and the weary flesh that can bring you down.
I was reading yesterday morning and I am in the book of Acts. Paul's journey was amazing and the things he went through! He KNEW what he had coming:
"And now, behold, I am going to Jerusalem, constrained by the Spirit, not knowing what will happen to me there, except that the Holy Spirit testifies to me in every city that imprisonment and afflictions await me." -Acts 20:22&23
Paul faced many beatings and imprisonment but would still have the strength to just get up and move on! BUT! He also goes to say this... (I hope and pray that I will have this same attitude!):
"But I do not account my life of any value nor as precious to myself, if only I may finish my course and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God." =Acts 20:24
All he wanted was to testify grace. Read Romans.. it's all about grace. Paul made his body his slave and endured things because his fear and love of the Lord surpassed any of his physical feelings.
If you ever came to the point where you were to endure something so painful, what would you do?
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
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