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Exciting Dream…God is amazing!

09 Sep 2008 by Helen

I have to tell you about what happened to me today just because of how exciting it was. Sometimes God has given me dreams, but until recently most of the times I didn’t understand what they meant or why I would feel certain ways when I woke up from certain dreams. Recently I read a book called Understanding Prophetic People by R. Loren Sandford and it provided me a lot of insight in regards to these things. So last night when I had a dream that left me feeling a little unsettled in my spirit, I woke up and started praying. As I prayed I realized it wasn’t a sad dream, but an exciting end to a sad situation…God was about to open eyes, restore relationships and heal hurts. I was so excited I was calling the family it was in regards to at 6:30 in the morning. I got the voice mail :)
So I prayed all day (even with 17 kids in class today I just couldn’t forget about it). I tried to call after school – no answer, so I tried this families home number – disconnected…God – why would you show me this and not let me tell them…OK,OK maybe I’m just supposed to pray…and minutes later the phone rang…it was the person. He was concerned if we were OK because he hadn’t heard from us in so long and all I left on the voice message was to please call. When I assured him we were fine, I told him I had a dream about his family and wanted to share it with him. I did and I shared what I believed the Lord had showed me…as I spoke I could hear the excitement building in his voice and I knew it was bearing witness with his spirit, but I didn’t have a clue how much until I finished sharing. He shared with me things that had happened in the past week that were right in line with what God had showed me. I share this first of all because it is exciting to me and a great reminder that God is God all the time and He will turn things around when we least expect it.
And secondly I share this to remind us all not to take lightly the things the Lord shows us. I could have easily assumed it was just a crazy dream, moved on with my day… and just been left with a funky feeling inside. Or I could have just prayed but never taken the time to make the phone call, or I could have just been so consumed with my prayer list of my needs that I didn’t take time to pray for this need that the Lord made me aware of.
The truth is I prayed for my class all the way to school yesterday and had a HORRIBLE day. Today I prayed all the way to school for this family that God had put on my heart and didn’t have time to pray for my class at all except the quick pray with my TA before the kids walked in…and we had an incredible day at school. I know this may not make a lot of sense to you and I so wish I could share more, but for now you’ll have to trust me that is an amazing story of what God is and is about to do in lives of people Johnny and I dearly love and who so deserve it.

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Back to School

19 Aug 2008 by Helen

So today I started back to school and I was tired.  I couldn’t go to sleep last night cause I was used to staying up late, therefore morning came way to early today.  I used to get really excited about the beginning of school.  Then I went a few years where I just dreaded it.  Today was different.  I wasn’t excited, but I didn’t dread it…I just went.  It was a long, but productive day.  Got home and had a huge issue to deal with as soon as I walked in the door….I handled the situation and tried to keep a good attitude.  I did OK.

Then about that time the door bell rang.  It was the FedEx man (or woman as the case may be).  I have to confess I didn’t really even pay attention to the person that handed me the package.  I really just wanted to sign for it, come in and sit down.  And as I’m finishing my signature the woman says “Do you remember me?”  I thought she looked familiar but had not a clue why.  Turns out she was the grandmother of a child I had taught 3 years ago.  The year I had her granddaughter was the worst year of my teaching career.  I had issues with my TA, issues with my administration and if I’m honest I felt like I was in survival mode.  I cried everyday on the way to work and prayed that I could get through the day begging God to open another door.  I loved those kids though, they were precious, but felt like I did them an injustice because I couldn’t do and be all I wanted to for them.  I ended up getting another job in February of that year and left. 

Today when I saw this grandmother she thanked me over and over again for what I taught her granddaughter.  She told me that after I left things really feel apart but that she really appreciated all I did for her granddaughter and that the kids that I had that year had all done really well the following year and that she had told their teacher that it was because of me.  What I should have said was that it had to be God because I was so stressed out and felt so overwhelmed that year I’m surprised I taught them anything, but I didn’t.  I said thank you, ask her how her granddaughter was doing and told her to tell her hey for me.  I came in closed the door and just stood there for a minute.  Wow!   God is sooo good.  I needed that today.  I needed to be reminded why God has me where He does and more than that I needed to realize that even when I’m at my worst, He can still use me.  When I am weak, He is strong.  It’s not about me, it’s about Him. 

That year was very difficult for me and teaching has not been the same for me since I left.  I have struggled with why I feel very detached from what I do and never did before, why though I love me kids each year it just hadn’t been the same.  Today God used this grandmother to remind me of the joy and the amazing opportunity I have to impact kids and their families  that may never grace the doors of a church building – and I get to do it everyday for 180 days.  I think I’m excited now!

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