An OT Moment

So most of you guys probably know that I'm studying to become an occupational therapist. What an occupational therapist does... just ask me in person if you want to know (it will take me some time =P)

Anyhow, I totally had an OT moment (better than a Kodak moment) today and wanted to share it! So I work at this academy called Reading Town where I tutor children in English and math either one-to-one or two-on-one. I had this one student in kindergarten for the past few weeks. As I have been learning more about pediatrics at school, I've come to notice that he may have some sensory issues. He puts things like eraser, tissue, his hand, etc. in his mouth constantly and displays some behavioral problems. So being an OT student, I tried some strategies I've seen/learned at fieldwork to help him with his behavior problems. I would make him jump up and down if he was getting really tired/unfocused, then he would BURST up with energy. So definitely this kid has sensory issue and is highly sensory seeking (sorry for all the terminology ionno how else to explain it concisely). Anyhow, so afterwards I was telling my boss about his behaviors and she told me that he had the same issue during the summer session and that his mom is actually planning on getting him evaluated. I tried to explain what the cause of his behaviors may be and when his mom came in, the boss asked me to explain to her what I had explained. So I did. And his mom was telling me that she's been noticing his abnormal behaviors and that has heard from a teacher that he may have sensory issues, but she didn't quite understand why. So I tried to explain to her as much as I can within my scope of knowledge and she nodded saying it makes sense. And at the end of the conversation, she burst in tears in saying that it was reassuring to hear me explain this to her because she just had absolutely no clue before! And of course I teared up a little. She thanked me for letting her know and giving her even a little strategy in giving him some sensory input. And honestly, at first I was hesistant about letting her know because some parents are very sensitive and would rather not hear from others that their kid has a problem. But this lady was so grateful and was planning on taking him to get tested.

And yeahhhhh... It was such a blessing to be able to share the little I know to make someone else feel more at ease, to be used in a way that I didn't think I was capable of. I definitely am so blessed to be pursuing a career that I find passion and love for! Thank God for leading me to this path. Lord, please use me to be a blessing to others as You have blessed me with this wonderful gift.

Justification By Faith

(From October 28 devotional of My Utmost His Highest By Oswald Chambers)

For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of His Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by His life. —Roman 5:10

I am not saved by believing; I realize I am saved by believing. It is not repentance that saves me, repentance is the sign that I realize what God has done in Christ Jesus. The danger is to put the emphasis on the effect instead of on the cause. It is my obedience that puts me right with God, my consecration. Never! I am put right with God because prior to all, Christ died. When I turn to God and by belief accept what God reveals I can accept, instantly the stupendous Atonement of Jesus Christ rushes me into a right relationship with God; and by the supernatural miracle of God’s grace I stand justified, not because I am sorry for my sin, not because I have repented, but because of what Jesus has done. The Spirit of God brings it with a breaking, all-over light, and I know, though I do not know how, that I am saved.

The salvation of God does not stand on human logic, it stands on the sacrificial Death of Jesus. We can be born again because of the Atonement of Our Lord. Sinful men and women can be changed into new creatures, not by their repentance or their belief, but by the marvellous work of God in Christ Jesus which is prior to all experience. The impregnable safety of justification and sanctification is God Himself. We have not to work out these things ourselves; they have been worked out by the Atonement. The supernatural becomes natural by the miracle of God; there is the realization of what Jesus Christ has already done – “It is finished.”

"Come to me..."

How simple that sounds, yet how hard that has been for me! There are so many things I want to fix about myself, and I just realized that I can't. I have tried and tried and I couldn't. But that is exactly why I need Jesus! If I were perfect, I need no savior..

"It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners." - Mark 2:17