February 28, 2008

• Not Alone

  After battling a pending sickness yesterday, my body has successfully staved off disease.  Blessed for that; I seriously can NOT afford to get sick.  I think I'd wonder what my kids were doing the whole time...  sigh.  (This in itself may be diagnosable, perhaps.) 

  In the news today: John McCain blinks a lot.  "Stagflations."  Texas.  Integrity.

  Which reminds me.  There's a bulletin board up in our school that says "Integrety is you are when no one's looking."  It bothers me and I've considered going at it with a pair of scissors.  (They're capital letters so it might work.)

  Today was better.  (Relative to yesterday when I was feeling sickness coming.)  I'm getting myself to eat lunch nowadays which helps.  I made myself some JUMMY dinner which is lasting me a few days.  It was an experiment but one worth making. 

  It wasn't a good day for many others, however.  The school was "off" today... 

  I'm covering worldviews and philosophical foundations in my Psychology class.  The kids are silent.  I'm asking some tough questions and I'm not quite positive if the silence is because they're getting it or because they're not.  I know at least three of them are in the former category and I'll take what I can get. 

  We shared some "bad day" stories in the Registrar's office today.  Made me remember how much work goes into this school.  I'd call it a machine, but it's really a hunk of living soul: blood, guts, and all.  A lot of love, a lot of sweat, and a lot of tears fall into this thing and it's a privilege to be a part of it. 

  A lot of prayers have come out from my lips to God these past few months, and I've almost forgotten that God also has His eye on the other sparrows here...  makes me love Him all the more.  He sustains me; His grace is sufficient for me, but also sufficient for the staff in this school, and for the people of this world... 

  In any case, it's good to know that I am not alone: not alone in having days of frustration, not alone in days of battling with certain personalities, not alone in thought and theology, not alone in being a minority, not alone in working hard for this school, and blessedly not alone in being loved and cared for by God. 

  He has not forsaken us.  He has not left us alone.  He has given us comfort, and a comforter.  We are not alone.  We are never alone. 

  Do you believe...?

   

   

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