It's our privilege to suffer for our Father in Heaven when He doesn't need us to do so! :)

What's our attitude like when life has been made difficult by others?

Life was made rather difficult for me today. I officially became the Chinese teacher's assistant for the K1s just yesterday and she's already started making my life difficult today. Many may ask, "how?". Well, I had 4 things to be done in an hour's break, and these 4 tasks took up a fair bit of time. How could I possibly finish everything in an hour? However, God is really good. I managed to finish 3 out of 4 of them. Before I share about how I did it, I will explain further why my life has been made difficult.

The Chinese teacher had to comment on every single thing I did. Be it disciplining the children or doing other things, she would correct me and make me do it her way, even if what I was doing wasn't wrong. To put it in an uglier way, I was like a slave living under commands without any freedom.

I became rather stressed up by the amount of work I had to do within a short time, and sad that I was being controlled. My facial expression changed just before the children's nap time. I frowned and kind of refused to talk to the teacher. In a way, I wasn't quite happy with the teacher too because I've never liked people controlling me. I know that this is something I've got to change, out in the working world.

During the time that I had to finish up all the tasks, I was reminded, hey, have I forgotten that it's a privilege to suffer for our God? I paused and prayed for God to give me the love for the teacher and also the right attitude for work. Being our great and mighty God, well, He answered prayers and blessed me with "extra" time to finish up 3 out of the 4 things I needed to finish by letting the teachers' meeting be extended from 3.30pm to 4.30pm. If I only had one hour, I guess I would have been scolded for not finishing what I was asked to.

It may seem nothing magnificient to you but to me, it's a wonderful and precious lesson learnt. When we pause from our busyness, our overwhelming feelings, our piles of undone tasks to get our hearts right before God once more and pray, He'll always show Himself strong and deliver us from fear's troubles. I'm thankful that I've lived another day not wasting it away but living for Him, learning to rely on Him more and more in times of goodness and difficulties.

What about you? Have you lived another day of your life, putting Him in the midst of everything and not just during bad times?

In His Love,
Amelia