Sometimes it is so easy to be distressed and upset that when a prayer is answered in a positive manner, my first instinct is to simply be relieved. A weight lifts from my shoulders, and I look forward to going through the door God has opened for me. However, since my own prayer has been answered, I have realized that I should also be thankful! Funny that I sat in this chair last week and blogged about my frustration with substituting. Then I proceeded to cry heavily into Karl's shoulder while lamenting my lack of Englishy-ness. Now I am sitting in this chair, once again planning to be an Americorps member who is to work specifically with English students-- not gym, French, algebra, or biology. English.
And I am thankful. Not just grateful for a job, but truly thankful that God saw fit for me to work with the material that I love. I am sure there will be trials and frustrations (how can there not be any when one works with teenagers?), but there will also be those instances when I get to see an "ah-ha!" moment flit across a student's face. I live for those moments. And I work hard to see those moments. I just thank God that I'll get my chance to be a part of those moments.
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