Student teaching joy
I was going to write a facebook status about all of this but it got to be VERY long…so… 
I met my cooperating teacher for student teaching this morning- friends, this is the evidence of my Saviors love for even the little details of my life: I’m in an inclusion class (for those who don’t speak education, I have 4 special ed students) and many other sweet kiddos with multiple educational and social needs in my room. I was able to see their pictures this morning and even meet one little sweetheart. This is my love- special ed. My dream job at this point would be a pre-k special ed classroom, or a kindergarten inclusion room. Well, what do you know…here I am in kindergarten inclusion. Just the fact that the Lord so ordained this placement brings me to tears in awe and wonder. This week has been such a battle for me. I’ve been fighting to truly experience and relish in the Lord’s LOVE. I can focus on grace…I can focus on redemption…I can focus on the countless other gifts he gives, but sometimes trying to understand that He LOVES me is so difficult. I can get in this rut of counting up the things I need to ‘do’ in order for Him to love me. That’s what we do, right? In human relationships we make our lists of things to do in order to get people to like us or things that they need to do in order for us to like them. Not so with God. He delights in us…not because in anything that we have done, but because He sees His Son when he looks at us. He deeply, jealously and zealously loves, loves, loves me. Mmm. I think we need to soak in that reality sometimes. He came because He loved us, EVEN IN OUR SIN. We had nothing deserving in us, yet He still died and rose again to conquer death forever…for us. FOR US. Praise God. The love of my Savior is so deep. This morning was such a tangible reminder of that. Rejoicing in His goodness today…
