Your past and present place in life is just the beginning. It cannot confine or keep you from the prosperity and riches God has in store for you. Believe that and expect undeserved favor to fall in arenas your feet have never been.
Slopping my feet through the puddles as I made my way to an entrance of the high school, I shook my head, ‘what am I doing here? I don’t know what it takes to parent at 15-year old boy?’ Shaking hands with his teachers, sitting face to face with lawyers and ‘powers that be’, we passed around papers and made decisions on how to help this guy succeed.
As a Court Appointed Special Advocate for children, this volunteer opportunity offers me a chance to redirect the path of neglected kids.
With his head hung low, a few dreadlocks fell over the child’s face as he found a seat in the back of the room. I thought to myself, ‘what an intimidating place for a teen to take, listening to a bunch of adults planning out the course of his life.’
He’s a wonderful writer. On home visits, he digs through the masterpieces to share some treasured transcriptions with me. As the teachers tried to push tutors and extra testing to improve his grades, something clicked in me as writer too.
“Hey ‘C’, what if you used your rhyming and writing skills to learn biology material and math equations? Could you use poetry to help you remember stuff?”
His head lifted and his eyes lit up. God sparked a new fire.
I concluded that my past and present place in life (by not being a parent) cannot hold me back from what God has for my future.
Now all glory to God, who is able, through his mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think. Ephesians 3:20
… Let the Lord be magnified, Who takes pleasure in the prosperity of His servant. Psalm 35:27
… I will bless you [with abundant increase of favors] and make your name famous and distinguished, and you will be a blessing [dispensing good to others]. Genesis 12:2
That’s awesome. Way to always be looking for opportunities. Many would have been so proud of themselves for just being there, they would have forgotten why they were there. Tell C he’s in my prayers!
I will George! And I appreciate your support. Success was showing Christ’s love to him by showing up for this important meeting. But it meant something to me to use logic and find a solution for his problem in a way he would enjoy. I just wanted to hug Jesus and say Thank You for that idea.
That’s awesome. Way to always be looking for opportunities. Many would have been so proud of themselves for just being there, they would have forgotten why they were there. Tell C he’s in my prayers!
I will George! And I appreciate your support. Success was showing Christ’s love to him by showing up for this important meeting. But it meant something to me to use logic and find a solution for his problem in a way he would enjoy. I just wanted to hug Jesus and say Thank You for that idea.