Hey guys, hope y'all's past couple weeks has been going good. Alright, so this post is the second of three parts to a little series called Everyday Struggles. As I said in the first post, this one is going to be from the point of view of an adult. For those of y'all who go to King's Ridge, this is from Mrs. Volz. For those of you who don't, she is an English teacher at my school who, without a doubt, has an influence on everyone she meets. Mrs. Volz is one person who truly allows God to shine through her as a teacher and a mentor. She loves what she does, but even a life that looks as good as her's from the outside is still filled with struggles that she faces everyday and has to take them on like the rest of us.
Being a teacher, Mrs. Volz is constantly faced with the struggle of having to balance God, her family, and all of the papers that are constantly needing to be graded. She told me that one everyday struggle she faces is having to prioritize everything that is going on in her life, such as school and stuff at home. Grading can pile up as we can all imagine, but she says that she is always making sure she is putting people first, because the grading can wait. Anyone who has ever talked to her can definitely attest to this, and agree that she does a very good job. Another struggle that she, along with everyone else is the world faces, is temptation. Everyone has something or multiple things in his/her life that is tempting, and it can seem impossible to overcome. For Mrs. Volz, it is focusing on seeing the best in everyone that she meets. Trying to look at everyone else like the Lord would look at them, and loving them like God loves her is what she strives for, but as humans, we can all agree that sometimes this is hard to do. We all know a couple people who just seem like they are always getting on our nerves, but we can never forget the fact that we are human as well, and no one is perfect, so we shouldn't expect them to be. Moving on from the little struggles, Mrs. Volz went through something that completely changed her day to day life. Last spring, she had to get back surgery. As a teacher, this meant that she was going to miss a lot of school, and since teaching is something that she truly loves, you can imagine how hard it was for her to miss so much of it. She admitted that it was probably the most difficult time in her life (all 29 years of it is what she would tell you). Because she is someone who is so independent, the hardest thing for her was completely relying on others during the recovery process. She found that not being able to do everyday things for herself was the most frustrating part of it all. She claims that during that time, she truly felt God "working on [her] heart". She says He surrounded her with people who were so good to her. The process definitely helped her with her patience, as it has been a very long process and she says even through it all, she still may never get back to where she was physically before it all happened. When faced with the tough task of answering why she thinks struggles happen to people with such a strong faith, she said that it is probably to test the strength of the faith. Going through these struggles can be seen as a test, and especially an opportunity to bring you closer to God. People who are going through these trials can serve as examples to others, and allow God to shine through them. She says that the most important thing to her is not focusing on the problems that she is still facing, but instead keeping a graceful heart and looking back and realizing how far she has come.
Mrs. Volz's story is a great example of how even people with extremely strong faith go through trials almost every day. Even if you are someone who does not have a very strong Christian faith. or any faith at all, the struggles will still find their way into your life. How you get through these is all determined on what kind of attitude you are keeping through the whole thing, and just staying true to yourself, and knowing that you will be able to make it through is the most important thing you can do. Hopefully this post meant something to everyone, and I hope you come back to read the next post about the struggles that teenagers face day to day.
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