Today has been a good day at work. :) During my 1st class, we were singing the hymn "Amazing Grace"...and one of my students was so moved, she started crying (not insane outburst of tears, but the quiet, 'touched' kind of crying). We looked at each other, and shared a knowing smile.
In my later classes, I shared with them Ginny Owens' life-story/testimony (she's a blind Christian artiste), her song "If you want me to" and her version of "Be Thou My Vision". That hymn, "Be Thou My Vision" really takes on such a new level of significance when she sings it. It's no longer just physical sight, that so many of us take for granted, but spiritual sight. For we are all walking in the cloak of darkness, and He alone is our light, who helps us to see in the dark.
Anyway, I know that my students were really ministered and touched by Ginny's testimony and her song "If you want me to". Could really sense God's healing in the classes. I'm just so grateful, because I usually dread teaching my Weds classes, as I have 3 advanced classes in one day, very taxing. I really felt quite desperate, and I prayed that God would come and do His work in my classes....help me connect with them, and touch them in His amazing way. He really came through for me. :)
It's days like these, that make it all worth while...knowing that the students have been inspired,encouraged, and ministered in some way.
In His faithfulness, He didn't leave me out either. :)It was a reflective time for me, as I shared Ginny's song with them. I was reminded of all the difficult times He has seen me through (i discovered this song in 2000 I think, from May-ann, who heard it on "Felicity" of all places. haha!)...n there were many heartbreaks along the way.
Sometimes, I find myself ending up in the same place AGAIN and AGAIN, and it can get so frustrating. But well, I know I need to walk on, and trust that He will continue to heal and see me through, whatever comes my way.
I love that line in her song "so take me on the pathway, that leads me home to You".
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"If you want me to" by Ginny Owens
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The pathway is broken
And the signs are unclear
And I don't know the reason why You brought me here
But just because You love me the way that You do
I'm gonna walk through the valley
If You want me to
No I'm not who I was
When I took my first step
And I'm clinging to the promise You're not through with me yet
So if all of these trials bring me closer to You
Then I will go through the fire
If You want me to
It may not be the way I would have chosen
When You lead me through a world that's not my home
But You never said it would be easy
You only said I'll never go alone
So when the whole world turns against me
And I'm all by myself
And I can't hear You answer my cries for help
I'll remember the suffering Your love put You through
And I will go through the darkness
If You want me to
When I cross over Jordan, I'm gonna sing, gonna shout
Gonna look into your eyes and see you never let me down
So take me on the pathway that leads me home to you
And I will walk through the valley if you want me to
Yes, I will walk through the valley if you want me to
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