today, i learnt the lesson of submission.

after i taught sunday school for about 2 lessons, i was asked to teach another class as one of their teacher was leaving, and i was to take the class until they've found a replacement. i guess i was feeling both excited and nervous, because i don't really talk to the kids in that class and now i was to teach more frequently. it required alot more commitment than i have now. but i took up the challenge, and i was always glad to have my partner for many years teaching the same class with me. for we agree upon many things, and at least for me, i learn from our differences.

after teaching the class for about...2 months? today i learned that they've found a replacement for my class and i was to go back to help my previous class. i...had mixed feelings. where should i start...i guess both me and my partner was so comfortable with this temporary arrangement that we forgot it wasn't going to be permanent. or maybe we just hoped that it would be permanent. and it came so suddenly that we were not prepared for it. like, i was still supposed to be teaching today's lesson and i was asked to go back to my own class today. i had to stay on at least for today. tried my best to make the new teacher feel welcomed and less awkward, and for her to understand how our class is usually conducted. to be truthful, i did feel alittle resentful of the fact that she's going to take my place. i guess i didn't expect myself to be so attached to this class in this short span of time, but i am fond of this class already. it hasn't been easy at all, but it was a good challenge to my own faith and to do a good job teaching and guiding these students.

but God has His plans. His good plans. i got reminded by my own lesson on prayer, how Jesus actually prayed for strength and obedience at Gethsemane and submitted to God's will. it's really amazing how sometimes we learn more from being a teacher than we do as a student. through this incident, i felt that i finally did learn the lesson of submission, and it made it easier for me to accept the fact that i was going back to my own class. may i gain strength from prayer and submit to this plan, and to have faith and dependence on God that has His wonderful plan.