Delays can be a good thing

 

I received an email notifying me that the Five Minute Friday link-up was delayed due to technical issues. The word "DELAYED" sparked a memory I'd like to share, so I will free-write on it for five minutes.

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Has something ever happened that stopped you from taking the next step in your journey?

 

I remember once that I signed up at the community college for courses that would start me on the road to becoming an elementary teacher.

 

I had a four-year-old and a husband who was struggling with bi-polar. I could see the handwriting on the wall and thought I should do something to prepare to be a bread winner. I felt since I loved to study and had a child, a school teacher would work out best for us.

 

However, a couple weeks after signing up, two things happened to delay me. My husband lost his job: and I found out I was pregnant with baby #2. (I discovered these things on the same day!)

 

I abandoned my plan and took the first full-time job I could find because we had to have an income NOW.

 

I never became a school teacher. However, I see now that the delay was a good thing. I need time to realize I was not meant to be a school teacher!

 

STOP (My five minutes are up; but here is the rest of the story.)

 

Deciding to advance myself in teaching children while waiting for the right time to go back to school; I volunteered as Leader of the Daisies in our girls’ program at church.

 

Here is what I learned about myself: I did not want to be a teacher of elementary children. The one hour a week that I led the Daisies was the longest hour of my life! I could not imagine how I would teach children every day all day long.

 

(If you know a teacher who really has a heart for students, give them some sign of appreciation every chance you get. They deserve it!)

 

God knew teaching children was not in my wheelhouse. He had something else for me. I just couldn’t see it yet.

Sometimes delays are a redirect towards the path you should go.

 

Wait and trust.

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Want to know more? Read my post, A Ticket Home. It describes how you can arrive at Home.

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