Gal 6:9 Let us not become weary in doing good….
It’s been a challenging school year. More so than any I can remember, the focus has been more on trying to build hope and resilience instead of focusing solely (or even mainly) on English. I feel like I’ve spent a lot of time trying to undo damage caused intentionally or otherwise by those who went before me, sometimes unintentionally causing damage myself. It has been more exhausting than any work I’ve done before.
2 Cor 4:1 Therefore, since through God’s mercy we have this ministry, we do not lose heart.
But hope is vitally important, and these young people need to understand that there is good in them, that there is good in the world, that even in the midst of awful, there are rays of goodness present. They need to understand that they will fail, they will screw up, daily, repeatedly—we ALL do—but that those mistakes do not forever define them. They need to know that there is goodness, hope, and potential within them, and that their inability to do English or school well does not brand them as bad people. They need to understand that they have other gifts and strengths, things that I probably am terrible at, and that’s how the world balances. They need to know they are loved, unconditionally, exactly as they are.
2 Thess 3:13 And as for you, brothers and sisters, never tire of doing what is good.
Lord, Thank You for this day and for this vital work You have entrusted me with. Thank You for the reminder, even when I feel more emotionally drained than ever before, that what I do matters, that it makes a difference, even when I can’t perceive it. Renew my spirit, Lord. Help me re-center myself on You. Draw me closer. Amen.
Heb 12:3 Consider Him who endured from sinners such hostility against Himself, so that you may not grow weary or fainthearted.
Have a blessed day.
My faith, my life, my teaching–it's all a work in progress.