Teaching is such a refining career. So much patience and compassion is needed. The ability to extend grace and love the least lovable is not easy but I am thankful for a career where I can tell God is using it to grow and refine me.
Each day in my job, I see "evidence of who I need." When I feel the tiredness of getting up at 5:30, I am reminded of who I need for strength. When I have to say the same thing without an attitude to the same student for the 5th time in a day, I reminded of who I need for patience. When I have to submit to authority, I am reminded of who I need for the power to obey. When students test the waters, I am reminded of who I need for confidence to be firm. When students treat my classroom like its a bedroom, I am reminded of who I need for calm. When I make mistakes, I am reminded He gives me grace even in my career.
I was reminded of all this after listening to Needtobreathe's "These Hard Times" yesterday traveling home after a needed weekend away.
Give me something brighter
Give me something I can see
Give me something I can be
Give me all the love and peace
To end these wars
Give me something sacred
Something worth fighting for
It's clear enough to me
The ugliness I see
Is evidence of who I need
Give me an answer
Give me a way out
Give me the faith
To believe in these hard times
Give me motivation
Give me all my heart's desires
Show me something gorgeous
Show me till my eyes get tired
Give me all the drums and
Show me how to play them loud
Show me how to move
When I can't feel that you're around
It's clear enough to me
The ugliness I see
Is evidence of who I need
Give me an answer
Give me a way out
Give me the faith
To believe in these hard times
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