God Given Opportunity

Is everyone ready for another school year?

Last Thursday night I was invited to go with Braden to his "Meet the Teacher Night" to see his classroom. Of course I went along with Brandon, Terica and Braden as they found their way to his classroom and met his teacher. Everything was new for all of us. New school, new classroom, new teacher, new faces everywhere. We had no idea where to go or even who his teacher was until we saw a list on the door and looked for his name in the kindergarten class. Finally we found the list with his name on it, then we found the door to the classroom his teacher was in and finally met his teacher.

We have been praying all summer that he would find favor at this new school and I don't know why we were pleasantly surprised to find out that he had the teacher we would have requested if we had know when and how to do this. Also we found that his little friend Easton from Pre-School was in his class. Everything was working out great. As we introduced ourselves to his teacher, I told her I was Mimi and would be picking up Braden from school and before I got finished, she was asking me if I could come and read to the kids from time to time. She said that she loved to have grandparents involved in her classroom. I was surprised and immediately said I would enjoy being involved.

My mind instantly started to try to fit this in my already busy schedule. Then a calming spirit came over me and I started thinking that my heavenly Father was not only answering our prays for Braden that night but was also answering unsaid prayers for me also. God knew that I would missing spending time with Braden each and every day so He already arranged for me to not only spend time with him during his school year but to also have the opportunity to spend time with all his classmates. As Brandon put it I could have more grandchildren instantly.

I am looking forward to all that this new opportunity will open up to be able to show God's love to the children in this classroom. Still so thankful that God was looking far enough ahead to see that I would need this opportunity to fill my days during the school year. So thankful to have a heavenly Father that cares about who we care about and the things that we care about.

~Debbie~