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Heavenly Father, please bless and guide all eyes reading this blog, as well as all singles, marrieds, the widowed, the lonely, and those who have no one to pray for them. In Your Name, Lord. Amen.
I am only three classes away from completing my master's in school counseling- Exciting! God willing, I will graduate Spring, 2011. Whenever I couldn't afford a class, or books, I'd ask God if this was the career He wanted for me, and *bam* the money invariably shows up right when I need it, and from unexpected places. I take this good fortune to mean God's resounding "Yes!" that I am on the path He has laid out for me. And so it is for all of us: remember that God has a blueprint for you. I was given yet another example of God's purpose, and confirmation of that design, this past Wednesday.
Wednesday was the day my principal, asst. principal and I had a meeting. Thinking this gathering probably had something to do with the five students enrolled in my class this year, I wasn't alarmed. I didn't like the idea of such a small class and I know my principal didn't either, because we exchanged emails during the summer pretty much saying this exact thing. Interestingly enough, in my principal's last email to me she wrote, "I don't have any control over moving you within the district. That will have to come from a power greater than me." He he. I was thinking, "Yes, it will: God."
My principal opened our conference with, "Per our emails, I don't know of any plans the district has of moving you to another school, but I am hiring another second grade teacher. Now, you are probably wondering what this has to do with you, but because we have a new teacher in second grade, we need a classroom for her. The Gifted and Talented teacher's room is on the second grade hallway and she needs a room. Since you only have five students, we thought it would be best to move you and let the GT teacher have your room. Here's our solution for you, you'll stay in fourth grade, and how would you like to team teach with ---?"
My first reaction when I heard 'second grade' was panic, because I feared I was being moved to teach second grade. Whew! Dodged that bullet. (I prefer teaching older students.) But then I jolted to attention when I heard the words, 'team teaching,' smiled broadly at both principals and happily said, "Yes!"
This conversation took place two days before "Meet the Teacher," which was Friday at 4pm. This was also the third time I'd be changing classrooms in two years, and yet I was thrilled at the news. Attitude really IS everything, as I've learned the hard way.
But I was mostly enchanted by the prospect of moving because I realized almost immediately what was going to happen: my room was going to disappear. I'd been wondering what I going to do with 16 years of accumulated 'stuff' when I changed careers. Now I had my answer: give it away, or throw it away. Nice, Lord, thanks.
My roomie has graciously given me a nice corner of her room, complete with a window, a sink and shelves; I got rid of a TON of junk, put books in storage, settled in for "Meet the Teacher," and the first week of school, all told the move took about a day and a half. Amazing. PTL
At the end of this school year, then, I will only have my 'necessities.' Not much packing involved, or needed. And, when you think about Life, all we need is God. He'll take care of the rest.
"I am a little pencil in the hand of a writing God who is sending a love letter to the world." Mother Theresa
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