It’s been just about 50 days since I’ve been back to work and I can feel it. This week I was greeted by a well-meaning coworker as I entered the building. “How are you, Ms. Fisher?, he said in a cheerful voice. My reply was less than cheerful, “I’m okay, but I’m tired of coming here.” Please don’t hit escape or judge me.
The reality is this is a long stretch on the school calendar. We gather day in and day out from the day after Labor Day to the day before Thanksgiving without so much as an early dismissal. We start when the days are still warm and refreshing and watch from our classroom windows as the days get cooler and shorter. In fact, here in Michigan we will be falling forward out of Daylight Savings Time this weekend.
I enjoying teaching and I enjoying teaching high schoolers. But right now, I’d enjoy a fall break. I need a short respite from the routine that is my normal. I need some time away to hit the reset button. Honestly, I’m not sure that I will find it as continue to show up to work everyday. I believe I’ll have more luck if I look somewhere else.
In God’s presence, I’ll find just what I need. But I get it, it’s hard. Just like everyone else, I am challenged to work smarter, take on less commitments, put down the remote control, and leave space for a connection with my Savior. It’s so easy to get into a routine that makes us efficient and at the same time tires us out. Routines are great. As a matter of fact, the back to school season is all about getting back into a routine. However, we can not get so over-scheduled that we schedule Him out. When we are empty, we have no fuel to meet the days demands; natural or spiritual.
I am so glad that I don’t have to wait until Thanksgiving to find rest for my weary soul. I can refuel right now in the presence of the Lord. When we enjoy a relationship with Him, His peace is at our disposal any time we need. He delights in communing with us and helping us in our time of distress. He offers joy from the well that never runs dry. I can find this joy in a song, in His Word, and in prayer.
A day is like a thousand years to the Lord, and a thousand years is like a day 2 Peter 3:8 NLT I can say with confidence that these 50 days are nothing to Him. In fact, time is of no consequence to Him at all. Therefore, let us try our best to keep each day in perspective of its true potential. Each day is another day to to experience God’s love and to fulfill our purpose.
Now, it time to refuel for another day with those high schoolers.
HOPE-Filled Thought: For I have given rest to the weary and joy to the sorrowing. Jeremiah 31:25 NLT
Prayer: Thank You Lord, that you promise rest to weary. Help us to be faithful as we spend precious time in your presence. Refresh our souls that we may continue to love you and to serve others. We receive it with love and joy and it is so. Amen.
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