Weariness
This last week I walked through hell. On my professional blog I posted my thoughts regarding the attire worn by some students at my school's Junior Prom. Apparently I was not careful in my word choice, resulting in misinterpretation. The students found out, the parents were irate, the administration unhappy.
I slept very little, fretted exorbitantly, and now my body and mind are depleted. The entire situation has frustrated me because I let people down and what I inteded and what was perceived did not match up. I feel like I have walked not just into the valley of the shadow of death, but right smack into death himself.
Jesus says to find rest in him. I couldn't. Maybe it was my own stubborness, or maybe I was sure that when I actually did call out to him, he wouldn't show up. But by mid-week, that ancient and used Psalm trudged out of the dark corners of my heart, where it has hidden since Sunday School. The Lord is my shepherd--and how I need one.
I slept very little, fretted exorbitantly, and now my body and mind are depleted. The entire situation has frustrated me because I let people down and what I inteded and what was perceived did not match up. I feel like I have walked not just into the valley of the shadow of death, but right smack into death himself.
Jesus says to find rest in him. I couldn't. Maybe it was my own stubborness, or maybe I was sure that when I actually did call out to him, he wouldn't show up. But by mid-week, that ancient and used Psalm trudged out of the dark corners of my heart, where it has hidden since Sunday School. The Lord is my shepherd--and how I need one.
posted by Mr. McNamar at 6:14 PM
1 Comments:
Andrew,
Been away from my blog awhile. Sorry to hear about your problem with students and the blog. Yeah, gotta be careful with that. Hope it turns out okay. And of course, I'm sure the students would never comment about teachers and parents on their own sites.
Worried about Foulke, myself. Thank God for Dotel! :)
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