Monday, August 17, 2009

Which way do I go?

I guess this is going to be first actual post about something. I have had a rough week and there is are some issues weighing on my heart. So, I thought I will blog about it as a way to vent. I have been in college working towards being a teacher for several years now. I was originally scheduled to do my student teaching this fall. Actually I was suppose to start on Wednesday. I have been really excited and looking forward to this. However, there were some things that happened over the summer and as a result I received an email last night telling me that I am most likely not going to be able to student teach this semester. As a result graduation will also be pushed back a semester. The past 24 hours have been a roller coaster of emotions. I have been angry, frustrated, disappointed. One minute I am crying and the next I am okay. I did not get much sleep last night. I have prayed a lot over the past several hours. Here is my thing I am a control freak. I know that I am and I am okay with that. What I am having a hard time with. I know that my creator knows everything that is going to happen in my life. I would just really appreciate an outline or something. Why is it so hard to turn it all over to God? I know that God has a plan for me. Last night I finally decided to take a step back and try to give it all to God. I woke up this morning and left for school. I did not really talk to Travis about anything that was going on until I completed the exams I had this morning. It was the strangest thing. I woke up with this strange feeling in the pit of my stomach. As I drove to school a peace came over me like nothing I have ever felt before. I keep getting this feeling like someone is telling me over and over the timing is not right for what you are wanting to do. I have been so upset about not being able to student teach but now I think I am okay with it. I keep feeling like I am being told to be patient, not yet, and I have a feeling in my gut like there is something else in store for me that is going to need my attention more. When I left school I called Travis to tell him I was on my way home. He asked how my test went. Before I could tell him anything about the feelings I was having he said I have this strange feeling that the timing is not right for you to do student teaching. He said something does not feel right about it. I then proceeded to tell him about the feelings I was having. I am in total shock. Some of the phrases he said about what he felt he was being told were the exact things I was feeling. While I was on the phone with him I just lost it. How is it that he had no idea about me staying up and turning it all over to God, the feelings I was having, any of it. I had not told him any of it. Yet, he was getting the same answers I am getting. How AWESOME is my God? I am not sure what is in store for my future right now because there are a lot of things going on. I can say though that I am excited to see what God has in store for me. There are a few ideas that I have been throwing around in my head for a while now and maybe one of those ideas is what I am supposed to be pursuing. I know this is a lot of rambling but I needed to try and get this off my chest.

2 comments:

  1. It will all work out. God is in control, even when we don't feel like He is.

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  2. Hang in there! Think about all the other would be teachers that lost their jobs over the summer, maybe there is something around the corner. I told Leigh the same thing. She is in the same boat, except she already did her student teaching. There are no teaching jobs right now anywhere. It will turn around though. At MPES all of the teachers aides lost their bus driving jobs, there will be no subs hired this year, and at MPMS the biotechnology teacher lost her job. When are we going to cut sports, instead of much needed classes!!! The lawn mower for the high school football field was over 40,000 dollars.

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