Great is Thy Faithfulness

I realized my last blog post title was "When You Feel Like a Failure", but I then failed to give a cure for when you feel like that. Probably because I, myself, felt like a failure and had no answers.

Today is the first day of school in our district. I have a great sadness in my heart. I wanted so badly to have a classroom today. I was craving the chance to grade papers again, create lesson plans, and lead my students. I was born to be a teacher and when that desire is not met I feel so... so... what am I looking for... incomplete.

Yes, incomplete.

How am I supposed to feel when  I have such a great desire for something and I do everything in my power to obtain that desire... and the rest is left up to someone else? It's depressing. And I know I am not the only one to ever get turned down from a job or to lose out on a chance to take hold of their heart's desire. Stuff happens.

I'm reminded of that beautiful hymn I grew up singing- "Great is Thy Faithfulness". And it's true. God's faithfulness to His children is GREAT! He won't leave me abandoned in this depression, He won't walk away from this sad person... He remains faithful... now get this- to me. He remains faithful to me. How powerful is that?

Great is Thy faithfulness! Great is Thy faithfulness!
Morning by morning new mercies I see
All I have needed Thy hand hath provided
"Great is Thy faithfulness" Lord unto me

My prayer and my heart's hymn today.

And that's the answer to when you feel like a failure. His faithfulness.