What task do you dread? For me, it's often paperwork. The job
application. The philosophy
statement. With music, it’s the charting
of songs. I can be glad to organize
something, but the sight of too much paperwork leaves me exhausted before I
ever begin. Recently a friend asked me about writing curriculum. Curriculum implies teaching, and teaching is
fun. But curriculum also means paperwork,
and suddenly my celebratory balloon loses its air. Would I have to sort through all the
rigmarole of education guidelines? The
answer was no. But still writing
can be laborious, and I wanted to ask the Lord.
Weeks passed, and doubt crept in, haunting me with my inexperience and heaviness of task.
Yet with prayer, I found myself eager to write. I dived
in deep. I determined to submit Lesson 1
to my friend and let her judge whether good or bad, but I wasn’t on the fence
anymore. Tuesday came, and my friend
asked, “Did you get my text last night?”
I answered, “No. I don’t have
text. But I brought you something.” She queried, “What is it? My text last night was to ask you if you had a chance to write the first lesson. I have a girl coming
in today, and we might give your lesson a trial run.” And on that note, my heart leaped. I took a deep breath and handed her my paper. “I felt compelled to write this. We didn't talk details, and there’s lots
of room for change. It's simply a rough draft.” My friend read through the lesson and exclaimed, “This is exactly it! You even put the Bible verse in it!” I smiled to think of how the Lord matched our
thought processes without the text ever delivering.
And that was only the first link in a chain of blessings that afternoon. The Lord gave opportunity to pray amongst a new group of friends. He gave me opportunity to
speak Spanish and comfort someone. Later He even answered my plea for
a birthday gift idea. The entire day was
so sweet, having seen Him convert dread all the way into tears of joy and more. And to remember blesses my soul still now.
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