Parent Orientation is TODAY!

It's funny how satan has no new tricks - just the old ones that he uses over and over again. Sometimes - if he can get the non-Christians around Christ Followers to not care about their faith - he attacks our heads and minds and tries to be more subtle with lies in our minds, things like sickness, and broken relationships, etc. And other times - if he can get the non-Christians to raise up verbally and physically against Christ Followers - he attacks us physically literally trying to destroy our very lives (in addition to all the other mental attacks he uses).

Today, I am walking into a battle field as a teacher and I was drawn to the question is this worth it. You see, I'm a new teacher this year and today is the day of parent/student orientation. Today I feel like I need to be prepared and to show myself as prepared, and I DO NOT FEEL ready. I'm being attacked with anxiety, perfectionism, and stress. I am spending money I don't have. I feel like I'm freaking out and coming apart at the seams because I am neither mentally prepared nor is my classroom physically ready for them to walk in the door.
And I ask myself, is this really worth all the hassle, going through all this trouble, just to teach? The answer (which actually surprised myself): YES!
Why? Because God has a purpose in my life and He put me HERE for is Kingdom Plan. Anything that furthers his plan is worth it - even if it doesn't feel like it. I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that this place is where God wants me to be. He hand crafted my team of teachers and mentor teacher to be around me for support. He picked my principal. He choose my students (I just haven't met them yet - by the way I do have 3 pairs of students with the same first name).  I am meant to be here. And I don't need to be ready and all set to do it myself because I'm not supposed to do it myself. I am suppose to do it with him and he has prepared me to depend on him for all I need in this.
So... Today I will drive to school, knowing that what I am doing is worth any cost because the gains are infinitely greater and more important that anything I could lose. And even if I lose anything, God can and will use it for my good because I love Him!
May you, as you face your trails, be secure enough in him to say unequivocally, "Yes. This is worth it for my Lord and Savior in whom I trust is Good, Loves me, is With me, and has Good Plans for me. "