Tears and chill bumps are what appeared in my eyes and on my
body as I looked down at my phone.
I was attending one of the concluding sessions of the day at
the “She Speaks Conference.” Enjoying
the music I got lost in my mind thinking back to one of my children. No not one of my biological children, but one
of my student children.
He needed love, he needed motivation, and he needed a
momma. That is what I gave him. At first he was difficult to enjoy. Nothing but negative rolled off his tongue, but
I saw past that. I saw the innocence of
a child a child that had no one. From
that point on I praised him and encouraged him and he became part of the team. Even though he only played two downs his high
school career of football it didn’t change the ownership he felt to that of the
state championship trophy.
Going to college seemed out of reach, however he is there
and he is succeeding. He works hard,
studies and is part of a band. He found
his niche and he loves it. He has a
place that warms his heart and fills the emptiness in his soul.
When I think back to the night at the conference my eyes
still fill with tears and my body still becomes taken over by chill bumps as I
replay the moment of looking at my phone.
At that precise moment the Lord gave me my title for
life. A title that I knew already, but
at times I would try to slip away from. Escaping
from your meaning in life is difficult.
No not difficult, impossible!
When he sends me a text it always begins and ends with the
same words, “Hey Momma” “Love you!” The
best four words in the world that will always bring tears to my eyes and chill
bumps to my body.
What is your title?
What is the inscription that the Lord has given you that you are trying
to run from? What brings you joy, but
yet can also bring sorrow? What brings
tears to your eyes and chill bumps to your body?
Quit trying to finish the caption, I am ___________,
yourself and let the Lord.
It is when we follow the plan that He has given us that we
will have complete peace in our hearts.
Proverbs 3:5-6New International
Version (NIV)
5
Trust in the Lord with all your heart
and lean not on your own understanding;
6
in all your ways submit to him,
and
he will make your paths straight.[a]
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