Higher Obedience

It is currently 6:25am and ten minutes ago I got a phone call. As every day of the week since I’m doing my internship I got up at 5:02 and started my morning routine. I was drinking some orange juice when the phone rang. I figured it was my cooperating teacher with whom I am doing my internship -she’s had bronchitis and was supposed to be back at school today. I thought that she was calling me to tell me she was not feeling well enough to come (so I was sort of glad to be able to teach all by myself another full day) – Oh the many things we can think in half a second! Indeed it was my CT but she had something else to tell me: THE SCHOOL IS CLOSED. She told me to go back to bed.

The weather is pretty bad this morning. It seems that there was a snowstorm (still quietly raging) during the night. You know, I love the idea of being a teacher for many reasons. I really enjoy sharing my knowledge, seeing people learning and growing, I find teaching to children/teens to be a good, healthy thing to do for my society (I didn’t feel that way when I worked in stores), teachers get two months of summer vacation and at least two weeks for Christmas… and on top of that, schools close because of snowstorms! I know that some of the reasons I gave are quite extrinsic and I would still want to become a teacher even though I wouldn’t get those vacations and etc. (there are a lot of tougher sides to teaching too…), but this morning I’m really happy to be off!

I feel sleepy now. This little event this morning reminds me that God can do anything. I’m not saying that God called a snowstorm so I wouldn’t have to teach today. I was ready for my day and was going to leave in ten minutes when I got the phone call. But it reminds me that when things are tough and I need an intervention from God, He can and will do it. I don’t think I’m making sense for you right now, but anyways. I’ll enjoy this day!