Praying together is something that I think sometimes I take for granted. I forget what a blessing it is to be able to live in a country where we are able to do that wherever and whenever. I think that praying with those you are close to and working with is so important. Today, I am in awe of the fact that I was able to come together with my coworkers before school and pray for each other and for the students we get to teach. I never imagined that I could learn so much about the Lord and about faith through working at a public school. I feel blessed to be a part of a group of women who are all in different seasons, all at different places in their faith journey, but all learning and seeking to know the Lord more. It has been so neat to watch them grow. We get to ask each other questions and share in life together. I was reminded today of how important it is to be in prayer with one another.
Work is something that has been a big stressor in my life since graduation. I have felt like I needed to have an answer as to what I want to do, or what my goals are. However, I'm learning that I don't have to have an answer as to what my career is going to be, but rather I need to be able to identify my passions and gifts and continue to be open to where and how the Lord wants to use those. It may not be a career with a title, it may be a job that is ever-changing, that is atypical, that doesn't make sense to others. Right now, in this season I am finding joy where I am at. And the job I have at the school is one I am very thankful for. It is one I know I won't do forever, but I know that for this time the experience of teaching and getting to share in the lives of the kids there and the lives of my coworkers is shaping me for whatever God may have next. Between this summer and this school year, I have learned a lot about what I need in a job. I have also been able to recognize how important education is, and while I am not pursuing a degree in education at this time- I can see the Lord using that passion in some way down the road even if it is not in the traditional way.
I have been challenged this week through my Bible study. We are talking about dreams and how there are moments in our lives when we may feel as though God has forgotten us. We have to trust Him to give us a dream, even if that dream might be different than the one we had. In the book she says " His dream will be challenging, fulfilling, and it will change the lives of the people around you-including your own. The challenge is to embrace it. To pray over it daily. To stay faithful to his promise. To embrace and live out his beauty. To live a holy life, set apart from the rest of the world around you" (Clinton). This is what I want my life to be about - His dream for me. The Lord is with us ALWAYS. Wherever we go, we are never alone. That is a promise I am clinging to. Sometimes gaining Jesus means letting go of other things, that process is so incredibly hard and yet vital in order to know Jesus fully. We learn from Paul's life of imprisonment and being blamed for things he didn't do, that he still praised God through all of it. May, my life- the good and the bad- be about Jesus.
I am learning that in the seasons where we are growing that it can be easy to feel like we can't reach our full potential, and yet I believe that despite our hurts and despite our struggles the Lord can and will use us if we allow Him to. I think in those moments it isn't that we don't have potential, because we do- a lot of it. Rather, it is that we aren't able to see that potential or maybe that we don't have the courage to tap into it. I am thankful for the people in my life who remind me of my potential, who push me in those moments when I need it, but may not want it.
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