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.
GO
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, becoming 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.
AW....i llove this testimony and your honesty. I wanted to be a music teacher grades K-6 since I was 7 yrs old but God had other plans. Although I did get my BS in Music Education/Piano: Voice I did my MS in Ed Psych/Special Ed and specialized in special needs prek children who had major trauma from abuse. God turned my ashes (my own childhood s*x abuse) into beauty. I LOVED teaching my little prek children and had children mainly from the inner city of Albany NY. Teaching is not for everyone but I think it's neat your tried it via your church program!!
ReplyDeleteFaith, thanks for sharing your story. God redirected you to where He wanted you to be! I especially have total respect for Special Ed teachers - it seems teachers have to so spend so much time with red tape and filling out of forms, I wonder how they find time to actually teach!
ReplyDeleteJerralea, thank you for that reminder up top that pivoting can end up being a very good thing in our lives.
ReplyDeleteJerralea, this >> "Sometimes delays are a redirect towards the path you should go." May we always remember the Lord knows the way we should go. Thank you for sharing transparently! Blessings!
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