Each morning I have to set three different alarms in order to wake up. And they all have snooze buttons of different lengths. And I have to physically get up out of bed to turn them off. It's amazing, really, that I ever make it out the door to work at all!
The other morning, somewhere towards the end of my snooze-alarm sleep, I had this dream:
It was a normal day inside my classroom. The room had a normal amount of students, some from 5th period this year and some from 5th period last year.
Then, all of the sudden, the lights went out in the hallway. I went over to shut the door, like it was a lockdown drill or something. The students were all staying calm, but it was very dark beyond the classroom. We all looked out the window and it was a bright, clear sunny day outside, though.
The door kept opening to the hallway, but no one was on the other side. When we looked out the window again, there was a class lined up in the yard taking attendance like during a fire drill. They were all smiling, fine and safe.
The door to the hallway opened again. The darkness was thick, you could feel it. I locked it from the inside, but the darkness kept trying to open the door.
Then I woke up.
Driving to school, I had this unsettled spirit. What was I so worried about to cause a weird dream like that? I half-expected the power to go out during the school day. I debated whether or not to keep my classroom door locked and propped open...
Been praying about this dream all weekend...
Driving home from church tonight, a new thought came into my mind. (I think it's from God because it lines up with everything I've read in the Bible.) Here goes:
I can't solve students' problems. But, I can point them to Jesus.
There is big, ugly, heavy darkness in this world. There are problems I can't fix. There is pain I can't heal. There are burdens I can't carry.
But JESUS is the solution. JESUS is the healer. JESUS carried our sins on the cross.
He's the light in my classroom. More than that, He's the Light of the world.
So excited for Easter!
Sunday, March 21, 2010
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Ephesians 5
Therefore, be imitators of God as dearly loved children and live in love, just as Christ also loved us and gave himself for us, a sacrificial and fragrant offering to God. But among you there must not be either sexual immorality, impurity of any kind, or greed, as these are not fitting for the saints. Neither should there be vulgar speech, foolish talk, or coarse jesting – all of which are out of character – but rather thanksgiving. For you can be confident of this one thing: that no person who is immoral, impure, or greedy (such a person is an idolater) has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.
Let nobody deceive you with empty words, for because of these things God’s wrath comes on the sons of disobedience. Therefore do not be partakers with them, for you were at one time darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of the light – for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness, and truth – and find out what pleases the Lord. Do not participate in the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but rather expose them. For the things they do in secret are shameful even to mention. But all things being exposed by the light are made evident. For everything made evident is light, and for this reason it says:
“Awake, O sleeper!
Rise from the dead,
and Christ will shine on you!”
Therefore be very careful how you live – not as unwise but as wise, taking advantage of every opportunity, because the days are evil. For this reason do not be foolish, but be wise by understanding what the Lord’s will is. And do not get drunk with wine, which is debauchery, but be filled by the Spirit, speaking to one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing and making music in your hearts to the Lord, always giving thanks to God the Father for each other in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, and submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ.
Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord, because the husband is the head of the wife as also Christ is the head of the church – he himself being the savior of the body. But as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything. Husbands, love your wives just as Christ loved the church and gave himself for her to sanctify her by cleansing her with the washing of the water by the word, so that he may present the church to himself as glorious – not having a stain or wrinkle, or any such blemish, but holy and blameless. In the same way husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. For no one has ever hated his own body but he feeds it and takes care of it, just as Christ also does the church, for we are members of his body. For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and will be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh. This mystery is great – but I am actually speaking with reference to Christ and the church. Nevertheless, each one of you must also love his own wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.
Me, too! Aren't you thankful that we can hold THE CANDLE in our classrooms? I count it such a privilege.
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