Yesterday morning I met with a group of girls for our
monthly bible study. I really enjoy the
discussions that get initiated and the fellowship. We always begin by checking in, just sharing
how life has been since the last time we met.
I was sharing how these past months I have been trying something
different I have been praying for myself.
An aside, I struggle with prayer mostly the petition type. I have no trouble interceding for others, but
when it’s about asking God for something for myself, I get doubts that He might
not be listening.
Anyway, these past months I have been praying daily about
things that normally I would be too sensitive about presenting to the Lord. A month after I started my new job, my boss sat
with me to develop three goals for this academic year. As I have been sharing the transition back to
teaching has been challenging- but I have really noticed how prayer has
facilitated the change. I have been
praying for my goals and I have been noticing how this practice has began
bearing fruits. For example, the school
where I work at, we have the problem of just getting the kids to come to their
regular instruction times. Yet, I have
noticed that we lack a social component, a place for kids to come and make
friends. So, I decided to take on the
challenge of starting a club to meet the social and emotional component that
our cite lacks.
I was told that many other teachers have tried starting such
a club without success because kids don’t want to come in extra for a club. Well, I started praying about it and then I
asked some of the support staff if they’d be interested in helping me out. We were just in the process of brainstorming-
when one of my kids asks me if she can begin a debate club. So far, she has enrolled eleven other
students! I seriously hadn’t began to
advertise it and already there’s a good amount of kids interested! This past week when she came over to me with
her list of students, all I could think about was how prayer does work! Even
the prayer where we are asking God for personal help. I have heard that God does these sorts of
things to show us His power and to help us earn His trust.
Once a week, I stop by the basilica to spend time with Jesus
in the Blessed Sacrament and I have been presenting these types of prayers to
Him. I go say hello, ask him for his assistance
then I begin my day of work. Many of the
prayers that I have been talking to him about I have been noticing His hand at
work and I am beginning to think that He really does listen and provides for us
according to His will.
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