Thursday Thoughts

I tutor a student who is low in math and every single day, there is a moment when he gives up, he throws his pencil down, tears come to his eyelids and he sits listless. Everytime I try to coax him, it doesn't work.

"Don't look at the whole problem, just look at the part we are doing. I don't care about the problem, just do 72 +7, you can do 72+7." Too often though he gets so caught up in the whole picture, he cannot break it down into steps. I keep reminding him that I know how to do it and I am helping him, but when he is lost in his frustration, he cannot see that I know where we need to go.

I'm frustrated with this situation, but also its eye opening for me. How often do I throw up my hands in frustration and say, "God I can't do this, are you crazy? What you're asking me to do is simply impossible, I'll never make it." God reminds us that we don't have to look at the big picture; the end product, just the first step. He also reminds us that he is there with us through our problem and he knows exactly how to solve it and he will help us get to the "big picture"

My next step is to stay at Jarabacoa Christian School for another year. I don't know where I'll be after that, but I just feel like I'm not done with Jarabacoa yet. I feel as if I left now and returned home I'd be filled with regrets and questions of what might have been. There is more for me to learn here. There is more for me to do.

 I've learned so much about myself too. I want to see what God has in store for me for another year.