Sustained.

Today I experienced my 2nd fight of my teaching career. If you check my gchat or my facebook, you will see that I have already advertised this. Just to clarify: I was not in the fight. The fight occurred between two of my students, a boy and a girl. I could see it escalating when they started mixing the f-bomb with their angry words. I called an administrator in right before it happened. He witnessed it with his own eyes, escorted them out of the classroom, and I started teaching. Bam, just like that. It was all a rush.

Surprisingly I was very calm through the whole ordeal. I didn't freak out at all. I just let the administrator and the other 3 security guards take care of it. Pat on the back, right?

But honestly I have to give credit where credit is due. It's not me, it's the Lord. I have only felt this sustained by heavenly hands one other time in my life and that was on my mission. Now, I am sustained by the Lord in the work place. I don't know how to begin to explain His sustaining hands,but let me try. He gives me lesson plan ideas everyday (I teach fifteen lesson plans/week). He helps me to be patient with my students. He allows me to love students that I originally disliked...immensely. He takes the burden of a hard day and allows me to smile as I sit on the metro. I can't explain it really, but I know it's Him that helps me.

People always ask me how I do this job. Although I often shake my head in bewilderment, the answer is usually the same: "I don't do the hardest work. He does."

So ladies and gentleman of the blog world, I testify that Heavenly Father is involved in all aspects of our lives. He sustains us through difficult trials if we let Him. And if he can sustain me as a first year inner city DC high school teacher, you bet I know He will do the same for you.