Hang in There!

Dr. Tim Sierer
MACSA President
Headmaster, The Christian Academy

“Do you not know?
Have you not heard?
The Lord is the everlasting God,
The Creator of the ends of the earth.
He will not grow tired or weary,
And His understanding no one can fathom.
He gives strength to the weary
And increases the power of the weak.” Isaiah 40:28-29

Growing ‘tired or weary’ as we draw close to the end of another school year is not uncommon nor an indicator that we are somehow sub-par or sub-standard. It is simply an unpleasant fact and part of the teaching profession. Come mid-May we are physically, and in some cases emotionally, spent from a year of investing ourselves into the lives of our students. Frankly, I would be more concerned if you as a classroom teacher had reached this point in the year and were not feeling that way. I would then ask, “What have you been doing?”

As we drag ourselves out of bed each morning to face another day, we can do so knowing that our strength comes not from ourselves but from the very Creator of the universe. We can face the day knowing that He will provide the strength, energy and wisdom to deal with whatever lies before us. Because of Him, we are able to finish this year strong knowing that He has enabled us for each task that we encounter. What better way to end a school year than to know that we are spent, physically and emotionally, because of investing ourselves into the lives of our students.

HANG IN THERE - the blood, sweat and tears of today will result in great joy when we see what God has done with those seeds planted into your students during this year!