Next week I have a week off of school. It's been quite a stretch without a break, and I'm really feeling that wear on me. My patience is shorter, I'm less forgiving, less loving sometimes. I find myself justifying my selfish actions, as if there could ever be a good reason for treating my students in that way.
This morning I was reading in Luke and I came across this:
7"Suppose one of you had a servant plowing or looking after the sheep. Would he say to the servant when he comes in from the field, 'Come along now and sit down to eat'? 8Would he not rather say, 'Prepare my supper, get yourself ready and wait on me while I eat and drink; after that you may eat and drink'? 9Would he thank the servant because he did what he was told to do? 10So you also, when you have done everything you were told to do, should say, 'We are unworthy servants; we have only done our duty.' "
Sometimes I feel entitled to reward for my work. I want to be noticed when I do something that I think is "above and beyond" what is required of me. I want people to be impressed by how much I put into my teaching and my students. Yet, what I need to say is, "I am an unworthy servant; I have only done my duty."
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