When I was praying tonight, I remembered a sweet little moment that happened earlier in my week that I must share! In my field experience I am working in a middle school. I'm basically job shadowing Mrs. J. She is a sweet lady. Her students can trust her and can come to her if they need anything. This sweet little girl came to Mrs. J when everyone else was lined up to go to lunch outside of the classroom. She says, "My grandma is really busy because she has been taking my dad to the doctor. She forgot about my lunch money, and we are having a really hard time right now." With no hesitation Mrs. J gives her enough money to pay for her lunch. In the moment I saw a glimpse of what it is really like to be a teacher; to have students that need you. Some students may just sit in your classroom and move on at the end of the year. But some students take in everything you say, they watch everything you do. They depend on you. They need your affection. They need to know someone can provide for them and that someone cares. It is by the grace and will of God I get to pursue my education at a university that is Christ-centered. My classes are hard, and I don't always get good grades, but I have learned immensely in my time at Southwest Baptist University. Being a teacher has always been my plan. Don't get my wrong, I've questioned my adequacy, and I've contemplated changing my major many times. I have dreaded working for the American school system. I have even dreaded working with American children. Some students are disrespectful and don't value education, but I will teach for the ones that do. I will teach so that the students don't remember my name, but they know of Jesus' name. The thought of me having my own classroom in 1-and-a-half short years freaks me out! Like I said, it's only by Christ's redemption that I have made it this far. I pray for moments like these to happen in my classroom. I pray for holy and upright character, so that I may not only teach, but live.
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AuthorI am a follower of Christ Jesus. I enjoy the simple.
Occupier of the Midwest. Introvert, but not shy. This is where I go on about the bible, movies, books, clothes, crafts, and anything else. Learning what it means to have a servant's heart. Teacher, Seminary wife, reader. behind the name:Jesus is the lamb of God. He was a sacrificial lamb that was slain for us. Jesus himself tells us to pick up our cross and do what he did. I long to be a lamb, able to lay down my own selfish desires and wholeheartedly follow Christ. Dietrich Bonhoeffer said when Christ calls a man, he bids him come and die. I am learning to die to self daily.
I write because I love sharing ideas. I write because the internet needs more beautiful and things and more gospel truths. Here are some references from the scriptures: Revelation 12:11 And they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, for they loved not their lives even unto death Revelation 5:11-12 Then I looked, and I heard around the throne and the living creatures and the elders the voice of many angels, numbering myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands, saying with a loud voice, “Worthy is the Lamb who was slain, to receive power and wealth and wisdom and might and honor and glory and blessing!” 1 John 2:6 Whoever says he abides in him ought to walk in the same way in which he walked. Matthew 16:24 Then Jesus told his disciples, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. Archives
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