Smiling

I have always been told that as a Christian that God gives you this joy that will radiate off of you. However, I have to say I have never felt like I was glowing with joy before. The reason I started teaching was because I really felt like this is where God was calling me. That my classroom is the mission field God has me serving on, so I guess you could call me a "career" missionary. Anyways, I try really hard to let God show through me to my students so they can see that there is hope in this life. Well here is where we get to the title. If you talk to my family they might not agree with my students but one thing that I have had the majority of my students tell me is that I am always smiling. One boy even told me I smile when I was getting on to them or treating to write him up. It is really funny to me that they see me this way, because I do not always feel like smiling when I am around them. If you are a teacher or have ever worked with kids for a long period of time I know you understand where I am coming from. I thank God daily for the little brother who drove me crazy because he was just preparing me for what was to come in my classroom. So I still do not feel like I am glowing or something like that but I feel like maybe the students have caught a glimpse of what makes me truly happy, because I know that without God those hard days, like my last entry, would be so much harder to bare. Instead He puts a smile on my face daily and allows my students to see that day in and day out. So I challenge you to try it. Whatever your job is, try smiling and see what kind of impact you have on those around you. Like the saying goes, smile it's contagious.