What's Most Important

As a new school year looms on the horizon, I am striving to keep my life in perspective. Being a young wife with no children, I have naturally let teaching consume me these past few years. Some would say that is a good thing, to give your life for the worthy pursuit of education, but as I sense myself growing from young adulthood into true womanhood, I disagree. This summer, my mind and my heart have been consumed with making a home, and I have felt such peace.

This year I long to keep my profession in its proper place. A friend once said to me, "Teaching is your identity!" I thought long and hard about that, and it brought me to my knees. "God, forgive me!" I cried. I want my identity to be found in Christ. I am a child of the King FIRST, then a wife, THEN a teacher. It is a part, not the whole! I will work hard to teach and reach my students, don't get me wrong. Yet I purpose this school year to put my husband and my home first. Life begins and ends with family!