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Thursday, October 9, 2008

Ask and He will give, Pray and you will receive.

So this week seemed to be a pretty interesting week. I have to admit that I was full of anxiety come Monday morning, just thinking about how full the week was going to be. Although anxiety sometimes gets the best of me, the Lord overcomes all of this when we lay all of our cares and concerns at His feet. He certainly pulled me through this week with flying colors, not to mention the random glue encounter. :-) To say this week was crazy-busy is an understatement, more as if chaotic could fit the description. Between presentations, papers, class, skits, leader trainings, lesson planning, church, and teaching I somehow was able to stay afloat. God really did manage to pull me through and on top of that He helped me face my worst fear, public speaking. I think maybe next time I should be careful what I pray for, He usually tends to throw me in the deep end. Although He teaches me how to swim and may often throw me a floaty, it still seems to be a difficult process in changing my character. Gradually I feel like I'm being conformed more into His image.

This week was Torch Trinity's 10th anniversary ceremony and some of the students put on a skit for the ceremony. Somehow I was thrown into the acting, which is quite out of the ordinary for my character, being how my weakness is in speaking. To tell you the truth, I was quite terrified when I found out just how many people I had to speak to, even more taken aback when I found out I had to speak in Korean. I knew there wasn't much more that I could do to help in my confidence level except to pray. So that's what got me through this experience. Although it sounds as if prayer was my last resort, it actually was my first, middle, and last. I think I may take on a new acting career now. Ha-ha... j/k. Maybe more of a praying career would be justifiable. Amen? Amen.

Random encounter: As I was leaving class and walking to work, I was practicing and repeating my lines out loud for the skit that evening. I had this man on a bicycle stop me and just start pointing. I thought at first that he was trying to correct my pronunciation, but I soon realized this was not the case. Although I was practicing my lines in Korean, I have to admit that my Korean language skills are not all that great. So I didn't quite understand all of what he was saying to me. I did hear glue though. I apologized to the man for my lack of understanding, and then proceeded to walk into the elementary school. As I began walking up the numerous flights of stairs, I began to smell glue. I looked everywhere but didn't see glue being used. It wasn't like the "Elmer’s glue" smell ... it was more like a hot glue smell. I then looked down at myself and saw hot glue all over my clothes! "Oh my goodness" was my verbal reaction. I then began to think about how I had walked by a construction site and I'm sure they were using glue; it must have dropped from one of the buildings. Just my luck... I thought. I came into my classroom and all of my students were curious as to why I had glue all over me. Needless to say, I didn't have to worry about peeling it off my clothes, because as soon as I began to peel it off I seen had about 26 hands helping me. :-) It was like a swarm of flees. I think they got almost every string of glue attached to my back, elbow, arm, legs, and let's not forget about my boot. :-) Hey what are kids for? I have to love all of my children so much. I just had to laugh at finding myself in this situation; this would've made for such a great picture. As I think about how much the Lord has changed my heart, attitude, mind, and patience in the past year, I was reminded of one of my prayers this week. To become more meek and humble and to have more of a gentle, quite spirit. I honestly think the Lord gives us what we ask for, and it always seems to be literally with me. Although I could've gotten angry, irritated, or frustrated with the glue incident, I didn't. Looking back on how I would've handled this situation a year or two ago, makes me realize just how much the Lord has changed me. I was reminded how much He wants me to always have a loving and gentle spirit. I believe He blessed me with 26 little hands to help me peel all of the glue of my clothes and to make it for a humorous experience. How could I get mad in a situation like this? I just had to laugh and fall even more in love with my students, and also in the way the Lord answers my prayers.

So to say this week was crazy-busy is definitely an understatement but the Lord proved faithful yet again, as He always does and will continue. I started the week off with prayer and now I'm ending it in thanksgiving. Amen.

26 helping hands (minus 1 absent)