last day of the term
today's the last day of school term. thank God for seeing me thru the whole of term 3. today was a pretty good day, well. at least it started out well. had a great teachers' lunch at the penang place restaurant...had a good chat with auntie may san while walking to the interchange...had a wonderful time shopping with shelia for gifts, and of cos, having our many small meals :D lol...(guess only dear would get this).
don't know why...but m so tired physically and emotionally...i cried on the bus today...guess i haven't been looking to God for strength enough...and this evening, i wasn't patient enough to tolerate someone's so-not-constructive comments. i wanted him to know i didn't like them...i wished i didn't have to do tt, esp since he's a good friend. but on the other hand, i just wanna say it for the last time, no matter which area of service m in, be it ss camp, chiangmai trip, anything...m serving God, not man.
don't know why...but m so tired physically and emotionally...i cried on the bus today...guess i haven't been looking to God for strength enough...and this evening, i wasn't patient enough to tolerate someone's so-not-constructive comments. i wanted him to know i didn't like them...i wished i didn't have to do tt, esp since he's a good friend. but on the other hand, i just wanna say it for the last time, no matter which area of service m in, be it ss camp, chiangmai trip, anything...m serving God, not man.
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Hi Gwyneth,
Blessed Teacher's Day and Holiday again !
I can guess why the physical and emotional tiredness. You are in the ministry of constant giving. Giving of yourself, your time, your love, your strength, your resources, your heart and also your devotion.
When you are in the Kindy, you minister to your children. They are small and tiny, they are tender, so, you go all the way down to their height and minister to them. :) You bend, squat, even sit down with them so that you can hear them tell you what they wanna say. If there is a need, you will even carry them.
All these, you may see it as part and parcel of your love for your job, but, when we do this for a stretch of 10 weeks, the moment when the holidays come and we suddenly get to rest, we will suddenly be overwhelmed by the accumulated physical and emotional fatigue. :)
I hope I make sense, hehehe .....
In teaching, when we are on the go, we won't feel tired at that point. We only feel the tiredness when we get to rest. The only way to not feel tired is to keep going? Keep going? No way too !
We all are not designed this way. We are to rest. And to commune with God, to recharge and to be refreshed in His Presence. To minister and to be ministered by Him.
The church commitments you have also are along the line of giving of yourself.
"It is more blessed to give than to receive."
"Freely we receive, freely we give."
Yet ..... We need to be refreshed too. We need to fill up our human fuel tank before we can continue our various ministries.
Which is why, I love my job, coz it allows me to be recharged Termly. If I am in any other secular jobs out there, I will be entitled to 14 days, or 21 days leave annually only. Miserable and leave taking subjects to approval.
So....... I rather choose Preschool Kindergarten Teaching. :)
May this holiday be a refreshing one to you. And may you have the time and glorious opportunity to rest at the feet of Jesus Christ, to spend time with Him and to be a Mary.
Love you dearly,
Jesselyn Ng
P/S : See you on Friday :)
thanks for the reminder! yup, of cos you make sense...i always enjoy reading comments posted by you, cos it never fails to encourage me! thanks again! enjoy your holiday & precious time with zoe & zane too! :) *hugs*
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