By Jonan Kiang
The sound of desks screeching across the floor, chairs scraping, pencils flying around and clicking to the ground. You’ve got to be kidding me. Again? Last fall, I failed almost every single
time to maintain discipline in this class. Why do they make so much noise? I dreaded that class. It was our second to last week of teaching and I did not expect anything to change. I glanced at my teaching partner, anticipating the coming onslaught of decibels. I took a deep breath and dove into the class.
Something did not sound right. For some reason, it was silent in the usual noisy classroom. I thought that was weird—just weird. I stared into the eyes of the many students. I shuffled to the front of the classroom, still fearful of what was to come. My teaching partner decided to make the first move and started the class.
I thought it was the calm before the storm. But the storm never came. I could not believe the change that had come over them. I honestly thought God had given up on helping us with that class.
Six out of seven classes were simply chaotic and yet God proved his faithfulness in the end! It reminded me of the verse, “Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the Lord thy God, He it is that doth go with thee; He will not fail thee, nor forsake thee” (Deuteronomy 31:6).
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