Working the day – 7 July 2010

I usually feel good by 11am.  The day is well under way and I am ‘busy’ making progress and getting things done.  Teaching isn’t always easy, but I enjoy the ‘crack’ of being with students and other staff.  In fact, I find it so easy to get lost in the highs and lows of the day, that I can forget all about the fact that I am a child of God and that I am infinitely important to him until the end of the day.  I often forget all about the fact that Heaven is my home for hours at a time.  I walk with dulled vision, senses and ability, because I have forgotten that Jesus is the Way the Truth and the Life.  I operate as though I am ignorant of the fact that Jesus became man and was nailed to a tree, just to pay the price of my sin.  Stupid isn’t it!

Added to this, being an RE Teacher means that I am rarely away from the subject of God for too long, but I forget to connect with my heavenly Father.  Not only do I miss out on my friendship with Jesus, but I am pretty much bound to see things from my own perspective and not Gods; as well as this, I am bound to work in my own strength not God’s.

Making a point of throwing out (offering up) “bullet point prayers” as I work, helps me stay connected to God.  Thanking God for his help when I pull up for a break helps me stay connected to God too.

Remembering prayers like the one below helps too:

Make me Aware

Make me aware, O Lord,

Of the eye that beholds me

the hand that holds me

the heart that loves me

the Presence that enfolds me.

David Adam ‘Power Lines’ Triangle 1992