Chapter Five: Seeing Life From God's View

Question: What has happened to me recently that I now realize was a test from God? What are the greatest matters God has entrusted to me?

Answer: I know for sure that God tested me when He took my friend Wagon from this Earth. It was a huge test, and I am sure I failed in many ways, questioning God and even hating Him for some time because Wagon was no longer here. Of course, I came around and now realize that God must have needed Wagon for some higher purpose. Wagon's time was up, and God had other uses for him. However, it is difficult to understand this when you are grieving. I trust that God knows this and was patient with me to return to him.

Trials at work are God's tests as well. Daily, my patience is tested by my students. Some days I do better in response to these tests than others, but I know I am working hard at improving on this.

I think the matters that God has entrusted to me are my children, born to me and not born to me, meaning my two children I gave birth to as well as all my students at school. I am here to help raise them, literally and figuratively.