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The year 2025 brought profound changes to my life in many ways. Above all, I cannot forget the sudden emergency room admission in June, which made it impossible for me to continue the online courses I had been teaching and left me relying on the kindness of my colleagues. Although the condition that sent me to the ER was treated, the experience ushered in many changes. Since it was the first hospitalization of my life, the shock was truly significant.
Considering my health, I asked the school to reduce my teaching load to less than half. Yet in the fall D term, they did not assign me any courses at all. This left me uneasy, wondering, “Lord, have they removed me from the teaching schedule because I now seem unstable?” It was a season of uncertainty, and I found myself bringing that anxiety before God again and again.
The courses for this spring term were supposed to appear on my computer starting yesterday. But even after checking throughout the entire day, nothing showed up. I thought, “So this is it. My season of online teaching must be over. Lord, how should I spend this unexpected quietness? Perhaps You are inviting me to create new work with You.” I was just about ready to let go of this term as well.
But this afternoon, one course suddenly appeared on my screen. In that moment, gratitude rose up in me like a prayer already formed.
“Lord, thank You. Once again, I will serve this term as a teacher filled with Your grace and Your truth.”
