Prayer and Schools
Today was a good first day for my preschool students! Today was a first day to be remembered! Today was a day to be shared, so I'm going to share!
From the moment my feet hit the floor this morning, I started praying. I prayed for our school day to come. I prayed for my assistant, our classroom manager, and myself that we would have strength, wisdom and compassion. I prayed that God would lead, guide, and direct us. Then, I went on a mental prayer walk around the school. I prayed for each and every one of our school employees.
I didn't stop there. I continued to pray for all the parents and children that would walk through our day. That still wasn't enough. I took our class list, and I prayed for each child in my class by name. I prayed that they would feel loved and cared for, feel safe and secure, understand that school was only for a part of their day and that their loved one was coming back.
My prayer lasted from the time my feet hit the floor until I put my Jeep in park in Coal City.
This morning, I had very few criers, and my few criers did not cry all at once. It was like they were taking turns so not to overwhelm us, and they really didn't cry for very long either. Even more exciting we did not have the first fight or argument between students! For preschoolers, who still think mine, mine, mine, that is amazing! I knew early on this morning that today was a special and spectacular day.
After our kids left, we had a teacher's meeting at 2:00, and all around the room teachers were echoing the same thought, "Today was the best first day I can remember!" "Today was great! I can't remember the last time a first day was that good!"
I'm telling you prayer works! I don't see how anyone could deny that today was a God thing. For a preschool class to have a really good and easy first day is almost unheard of, but for so many to have that great first day is a miracle!
Today was so wonderful that I just had to share. When I got home to hear about tragedy in Barcelona, it further cemented that the good in today needed to be shared.
