My joyousness began yesterday when I really felt like I made a difference in a young man's day. You see he is one of my dearest students. He has carved out a place in my heart and he was by himself on the playground, shootin' hoops.
I was about to go inside and work, when I thought I would go and talk to him. I asked him if I could shoot hoops with him and he gave his normal shrug of the shoulders and grunting of "sure". So I shot a few basket and finally we began to chat about why he was playing all by himself. Apparently he had lost the privilege of playing kick ball. We talked about that and he said all the other kids would rather play kickball and he apparently was not happy about it. In a few minutes we went from just shootin' around to "playing" basketball. Shortly another young boy came to play against Mrs. Cook. Then two young girls came to join me and eventually almost the entire class was there playing a hard core game of basketball.
I can't help but think that if I had not taken the steps toward that basketball goal, his afternoon would not have been spent with a smile on his face- and maybe mine would have been gone too.
Then when I woke up today I just decided that I was not going to let the "world" get me down. I was going to be the person I wanted to be and not let anyone or anything tell me any differently.
I went to church. Worshiped. Was fed by the Spirit. That is when I realized that it had been slightly longer than 24 hours since I had felt down and out. Felt the pressures of the world. and even since I had any feeling of sorrow!
To be clear, nothing has changed at work. There is no job on the horizon. Our adoption is still off for now, but for the first time since March 5th I have joy where I used to have pain and sorrow.
God is so Good!
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So glad to hear that things are better!
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