School is beginning.
A new year.
A classroom full of eager faces.
Summer’s heat is still here.
Assignments to complete.
New friends to make.
Late nights finishing homework.
Early mornings studying for the next test.
Fall is coming
Teachers prepare for lessons.
I can’t believe that school is starting and I am not there. my whole life has been lived on a school schedule. I was in school all my life and then became a teacher after. I’m letting this moment sink in and a tear comes to my eye. I miss my classroom and my students. Even though they sometimes cause me lots of heartache – I still miss them.
Yet, I am in a different season. I am still in school, but this time God is my teacher and I am His student. My classroom is the world! I am learning so much each day. Lately, God has been teaching me about pruning. In order for me to produce fruit for the kingdom, God has to come in and prune those branches that are producing fruit in order that they will produce even more fruit when they grow back. Pruning is painful, and sometimes is mistaken for Fatherly discipline. But, the pruning is what God uses to grow us even more and help us to produce still more fruit.
Even though I have been sick the past couple days, God has given me joy and a cheerful attitude. I have enjoyed the time I have had to spend alone with God that I would not have had otherwise. I am enjoying my classroom with God as my teacher. I am learning to release all that my heart holds dear to Him. And, hopefully, after I have finished this race well, I’ll be able to enter my own classroom again with all those eager, smiling faces…
