Consider?!
It took less than a millisecond for me to reply, “I can start now!”
There are no ifs, buts, or maybes for me to write a book on grace. There is nothing I like to do better.
“It is not scheduled for launching this year, so take your time. Your deadline is November.”
My heart jogged for three days.
Immediately I did a Focus Group Discussion (FGD) among 13 teachers, and started churning out devos after devos. Being a teacher myself, I know mostly what problems teachers encounter daily and what their spiritual needs are.
Little did I—nor anybody—know that just a month later, the world will be at a standstill due to the Covid-19 pandemic. In one fell swoop, the teacher’s life has changed. Her concerns have made a u-turn. Her spiritual needs have gone deeper and wider.
The devos I have already written now seem to belong to a long-forgotten era. Another FGD is out of the question because seniors are banned from going out of their homes. I did some phone calls and email blast, but surveys are not the same as dynamic and interactive conversations.
Where to go?
How do I get into the psyche of a teacher who’s burdened with this?
And yet it is at this time when teachers (saddled with digital problems and lack of resources amidst pay cuts) need to have refreshment from the Word. It is at this time when those who have been assigned the job of teaching children the path of the Lord need to quiet their anxious soul.
I look up and these are the words I hear:
“Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.” (Philippians 4:6-7 ESV)
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2 comments:
The more your Devo needs to go out, soon. I wonder how many teachers today are facing a blank wall or are feeling inadequate because of the need to adapt their teaching using technology. Kung tayo na matagal nang exposed sa technology, nag struggle, what more those who have not used it at all. God bless teachers.
I am stumped. Praying for wisdom.
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