When someone is excited to learn and listens respectfully with a humble spirit, there is nothing like being a teacher. This is an unusual group of kids. Not a single one makes me lament my role as teacher. Every single one makes me feel that my instruction is valuable, even cherished. The end of our semester has been a little chaotic, since I had to try to schedule around doctor appointments, surgery for breast cancer, and now cancer treatment.
Yet rarely does anyone miss class. I am blessed beyond belief with this little group.
While I was teaching, my phone rang. I didn't answer but then it beeped with a text message. I glanced at the message. One of the mamas I work with had just finished her 3-D ultrasound, courtesy of a Cities4Life supporter and Sweet Pea 3-D Imaging.
She sent a picture along with this text: I OWE U SO MUCH MS VICKY. I WANT TO THANK U FOR EVERYTHING U HAVE DONE FOR ME. I WAS GONNA MAKE THE BIGGEST MISTAKE OF MY LIFE!!! U SAVED ME FROM DOING IT. I LOVE YOU SO MUCH. I AM HAVING A GIRL -WHAT I WANTED SO BAD!! THANK GOD! I'M SO HAPPY AND EXCITED. NO WORDS CAN EXPLAIN MY HAPPINESS RIGHT NOW.
"Is the call important?" one of my students asked.
"It's a mama I work with," I told her, "I go to the sidewalks of abortion centers and try to talk the women into choosing life. She just found out what gender her baby is."
"Well???" asked the girls.
"It's a girl," I said.
"Hooray!!!!"
The Bible says, Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I say, Rejoice.
In a world that frankly is so often filled with terrible things, we forget that there is cause for great rejoicing. God made us. God loves us. God will sustain us. God will reclaim us.
Rejoice!
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I would urge everyone, no matter where you stand on the issue of abortion for ANY reason to please watch this video. If you support any law, you better know what it is you are supporting. Click HERE.
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