Remembering my refuge
The past few weeks have been some of the most challenging I've had in a long time. I felt more demands from work and from school. These demands have tested me in ways I've never been tested before. They've tested my patience with my boys, my students, and even with my boyfriend. I have never really struggled with fits of rage or anger. My personality and demeanor are generally pretty calm and patient (I guess that's why I've made it all these years as a middle school teacher), but lately I've been feeling like like Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. It's hard to believe. As I spent time with God this week I wondered why. I began to search my heart and asked God help me and open up my eyes to what was going on inside and asked him to help me to repent of whatever it was that made being patient so difficult. I then remembered this scripture: "For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of th...