This last week may have been one of the most exhausting weeks I have experienced in a good while. Between helping a friend move out, parent teacher conferences, and trying to navigate the world on on-line dating I didn't get as much sleep as I need to be who I need to be. Adding a blog post to that each night was just too much so after Wednesday I decided that I will do a weekly lesson instead of a daily one. I hope that will suffice. I feel my thoughts will be better thought trough that way anyway.
I've been thinking a lot this week about the angels that are put in our lives to help us through our struggles. I feel I am very blessed with angels (both earthly ones and heavenly ones) and would not be able to navigate through my own struggles as well without them.
I also saw the same thing in my classroom. After talking to all my parents at parent teacher conference I realized that those encounters are small miracles that help me better know my students so that I can help them reach their full potential. As the Master Teacher, Christ knows all of His students perfectly and doesn't need that help. Having learned more about my students I found the last few days of the week were more successful. In my last post, I shared about a student who I have had a hard time getting across to. After meeting with his parents I knew better where he was coming from and how I needed to give him more attention. I made a point to pass by his desk more frequently and never just walked by. I stopped each time to check how he was doing and walk through at least one problem with him. I also made sure to validate the great work he was doing. But also knowing that he didn't want to look like the stupid one that needed more help, I made a point to do the same with many other students as well. I found that he was more willing to respond to me and by the end of the period even started asking me for help instead of me having to approach him first. To me, it was a huge success. I can't say that I feel he is ready for the test next week but at least we have made progress in our relationship. This is crucial.
The Lord is constantly trying to build a relationship with us. He wants us so badly to let Him in and let Him help us. But he recognizes that He can't force Himself in. To help, I feel that He uses angels to soften us. In my case, I had parental support. I know those parents went home and talked to my student giving him a bit more confidence and letting him know that I am there to help and that I care. I know they helped him see that I am not out to make life miserable for him. Sometimes I think we think the Lord is out to get us and make life miserable. We find ourselves not receptive to His love and help because we don't really believe He wants to help. Fortunately we have angels who teach us and remind us that the Lord is there to help, not to hurt. When we start to actually believe those angels, we start to see the Lord's true intentions in our life and we become more open and receptive to His tender mercies.
I am sure grateful for the angels in my students' lives (parents and fellow classmates) who do their best to convince them that I want to help and that I care. I am even more grateful for the angels in my life (my Bishop, my parents, my siblings, my friends, family on the other side of the veil) who remind me that the Lord is very much in my life and wants to help me not make life more miserable. It is not the Lord who gives feelings of failure, doubt, discouragement, depression, and hopelessness. Those are all emotions of the devil. The Lord is the one giving me feelings of faith, hope, and love. Those are the emotions that build me up and make me want to be better and do better and serve better. Thank goodness the Lord knows me! Thank goodness He sends me angels! Thank goodness His plan is a plan of happiness!
I've been thinking a lot this week about the angels that are put in our lives to help us through our struggles. I feel I am very blessed with angels (both earthly ones and heavenly ones) and would not be able to navigate through my own struggles as well without them.
I also saw the same thing in my classroom. After talking to all my parents at parent teacher conference I realized that those encounters are small miracles that help me better know my students so that I can help them reach their full potential. As the Master Teacher, Christ knows all of His students perfectly and doesn't need that help. Having learned more about my students I found the last few days of the week were more successful. In my last post, I shared about a student who I have had a hard time getting across to. After meeting with his parents I knew better where he was coming from and how I needed to give him more attention. I made a point to pass by his desk more frequently and never just walked by. I stopped each time to check how he was doing and walk through at least one problem with him. I also made sure to validate the great work he was doing. But also knowing that he didn't want to look like the stupid one that needed more help, I made a point to do the same with many other students as well. I found that he was more willing to respond to me and by the end of the period even started asking me for help instead of me having to approach him first. To me, it was a huge success. I can't say that I feel he is ready for the test next week but at least we have made progress in our relationship. This is crucial.
The Lord is constantly trying to build a relationship with us. He wants us so badly to let Him in and let Him help us. But he recognizes that He can't force Himself in. To help, I feel that He uses angels to soften us. In my case, I had parental support. I know those parents went home and talked to my student giving him a bit more confidence and letting him know that I am there to help and that I care. I know they helped him see that I am not out to make life miserable for him. Sometimes I think we think the Lord is out to get us and make life miserable. We find ourselves not receptive to His love and help because we don't really believe He wants to help. Fortunately we have angels who teach us and remind us that the Lord is there to help, not to hurt. When we start to actually believe those angels, we start to see the Lord's true intentions in our life and we become more open and receptive to His tender mercies.
I am sure grateful for the angels in my students' lives (parents and fellow classmates) who do their best to convince them that I want to help and that I care. I am even more grateful for the angels in my life (my Bishop, my parents, my siblings, my friends, family on the other side of the veil) who remind me that the Lord is very much in my life and wants to help me not make life more miserable. It is not the Lord who gives feelings of failure, doubt, discouragement, depression, and hopelessness. Those are all emotions of the devil. The Lord is the one giving me feelings of faith, hope, and love. Those are the emotions that build me up and make me want to be better and do better and serve better. Thank goodness the Lord knows me! Thank goodness He sends me angels! Thank goodness His plan is a plan of happiness!
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