After my first year teaching, I felt like I was drowning.
Teaching middle school was tough.
I prayed that there would be some kind of help for me the following school year.
There ended up being major teacher shuffling that happened that summer.
All of a sudden, almost by default, I was being offered a team lead position.
I was going to be in charge of attending professional trainings.
And then I would need to share the information I learned by creating trainings for all the Language Arts teachers at the school.
Accepting that team lead position was EXACTLY what I needed, both professionally and personally!
It was absolutely the miracle that I needed.
A total answer to prayers.
But. . . it also seemed very logical.
I could tell you exactly why Mrs. A needed to change schools, why Mrs. B was making a career change, and why Mr. C got a position at the high school.
All of which led to the basically default decision that I would be offered the team lead role.
In fact, most of these people had their own professional miracles that opened the way for my miracle.
The Lord orchestrates everything.
Sometimes, He moves mountains for us.
But I think most of the time, the plan is so intricately interwoven that miracles just look like a bunch of logical and reasonable changes.
In fact, this was the cause of the demise of the Nephite nation.
They were saved over and over, but:
“. . . they did not realize that it was the Lord that had spared them.” (Mormon 3:3)
Do we brush off the “normal” things that happen in our lives, the things that just make sense?
Is getting home safely from an activity, being nourished by food, or meeting someone new seem like something that will always happen?
Or do we recognize God in all the little, logical, miraculous details of our lives?
Happy Studying!
-Cali Black
