Friday was the last day of school. I said goodbye to each of my students with a hug. After dismissal, I came back to the room and began putting things away for the summer. When I opened "Hope's " (not her real name) locker, I found she had left her jacket. She was the only student who left anything in my classroom that day. As I finished up entering gradecard information and came to my comments, I began to tear up thinking of Hope and one of my other very precious students, and what might happen to them in the future. The thought of the possibilities both warmed my heart and tore it up at the same time. I pray they will each receive the love and care that they so desperately need.
Today we held our next-to-last Emmaus team meeting. During our chapel devotions, it hit me like a ton of bricks. I needed to offer to help Hope's family by babysitting this summer. I really don't know why this was laid upon my heart, but I just knew somehow it was what I was supposed to do.
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