“Now that you’ve graduated, what are you going to do?” I get asked this question ALL of the time. I feel as though people expect me to have some grand answer as to what my plans are now. It’s as though they expect me to be moving out on my own, beginning a fancy job, etc. The reality, though, is that my future is a little unclear.
So what are my
plans? Well before I get into those, let
me backtrack a little. I mean it has
been 5 months since I’ve written.
Student teaching went really well.
I truly enjoyed the experience and feel like I learned a lot and grew as
an educator. I was sad to say goodbye to
my class and found it even harder to say goodbye to the university that shaped
me for the past 4 years. And don’t even
get me started on how hard it was to say goodbye to my best friends. Let’s move on before I get all gushy…
The last few weeks of
school I was stressed out about how I was going to survive without being able
to become a substitute right away. There
were a few sleepless nights when I prayed fervently that the Lord would reveal
a plan and help me during the uncertain time.
The next day I was talking to my mom about how I needed a part time job
and she told me of a babysitting job she thought I could fulfill. By the end of the day I had that lined
up. The next day I received a message
asking if I wanted to work in the daycare at the local fitness center. What do you know, but the hours there were
the opposite of the baby-sitting hours, allowing two jobs to fit perfectly
together. God answered my prayers within
just a few days. He took the fear of
needing money away and blessed me more than I could imagine. Sometimes I find myself getting frustrated
because I cannot fulfill my dream of teaching yet. I get frustrated that I can’t just jump in and
start living the life I always dreamed of following graduation. How easy it is to forget how He answered my
prayers and blessed me more than I deserved.
But, as usual, I digress.
What am I going to do now? I’m going to continue working the jobs the
Lord so graciously provided to start saving money to pay off those dreaded
college loans. I’m going to wait until I
can begin what will hopefully be a job as a substitute teacher and pray that it
leads me to my own classroom one day.
I’m going to continue to rely on God and search for His plan for my
life. What am I going to do now? Maybe instead of trying to answer the
question everyone asks I should just tell them that I don’t know for certain,
but that I do know this…
“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give
you hope and a future.” Jeremiah 29:11

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