Happiness

Happiness...true happiness is an amazing feeling. Things have been a little rough for me the past couple of months. I mean I moved 5 hours away from my family to a town where I knew no one. I started a new job and I moved into a new home....I was basically starting over. It was rough. I mean I a people person and I was alone like all the time. However, I find myself today feeling truly happy. God has put me here for a reason. I have my own mission field; also known as a classroom. It has been so cool to see how some of these students have already changed since the beginning of the year. Like today I had one of my students who has been struggling from the beginning say he wanted to correct papers so he could pass this six weeks and it has never bothered him before if he made good grades. These kids are just reaching out for someone who will not only believe in them and their dreams but someone who will show them a little love and compassion. And they deserve it. You were in high school once think back to how hard it was to stand strong and be your own person. I know that if I did not have the family I have things would most definitely be different for me. Some of these students don't even know their parents, who believes in them, who loves them.
God has also blessed me with this awesome math department. The people here have become like family to me. They laugh with me and worry about me and help me out when I am in need. They have taken me in and never have I felt like I did not fit in with them. It is so funny to because we are very different personalities who seem to all mix well. But the coolest part is that I can look back and see that God had his hand on me the whole time and see a lot of the steps that I took to get here; steps that he put in place for me to follow.
Today I am going to end with a challenge and a request. I challenge you to find a student, college, high school, intermediate, elementary, middle school, show that student that there is someone who cares for them and who believes in their dreams. Second pray for Christian teachers and the students they have in their classroom. These students are our future and will one day replace us. We need to teach them about the love of Christ and how that plays into your everyday life. Remember God is the one who can give us that true happiness and let me tell you it is a great feeling to sit down and say man life is great. God has truly blessed me. Let him do the same for you!!! Have a great Monday!!