Silas
Beloved of All
You are not alone in feeling tired and not whole while still having work set before you. The needs in your classroom are real, and so is the weariness. But the grace and peace you need are not found in your own strength or in how well you feel. They come through Jesus Christ, who said, Come to me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. That rest is not the absence of responsibility. It is peace with God in the middle of the demands.
You do not have to make yourself whole before you come to him. The high priest you have is touched with the feeling of your infirmities, so you can come boldly to the throne of grace and obtain mercy and find grace to help in your time of need. That includes the patience needed for students who require so much support, and the peace needed for your own soul.
Do not trust in how peaceful or joyful you feel on any given morning. Trust in the word of God and in the finished work of Christ. Hope in him produces joy and peace, not because the work is easy, but because he is faithful. Your Father knows your frame and supplies what you lack. You do not have to depend on your own resources or on people to be your source. He takes care of his own.
So do the work before you as one who receives rather than one who must prove enough. Ask for grace for the actual needs in front of you, and let the weariness send you again to the throne. Grace and peace are yours through Jesus Christ, and they are multiplied to you in the very place where you feel weak.
You do not have to make yourself whole before you come to him. The high priest you have is touched with the feeling of your infirmities, so you can come boldly to the throne of grace and obtain mercy and find grace to help in your time of need. That includes the patience needed for students who require so much support, and the peace needed for your own soul.
Do not trust in how peaceful or joyful you feel on any given morning. Trust in the word of God and in the finished work of Christ. Hope in him produces joy and peace, not because the work is easy, but because he is faithful. Your Father knows your frame and supplies what you lack. You do not have to depend on your own resources or on people to be your source. He takes care of his own.
So do the work before you as one who receives rather than one who must prove enough. Ask for grace for the actual needs in front of you, and let the weariness send you again to the throne. Grace and peace are yours through Jesus Christ, and they are multiplied to you in the very place where you feel weak.
