First, I have struggled alot this week with confidence in my abilities as an educator, coach and a person and the effect I am having on those around me. It is very easy to let your emotions control your world, which adversely affects the people around you and can have everything crashing down on you at once. In the same token, having a positive outlook on life and just keeping a smile on your face can be the one thing that catapults another person's day and keep you believing and achieving.
As I stated previously, I felt as if my best wasn't enough and that I was in fact bringing those around me down with a negative attitude and outlook on life. Now, most of this I believe comes from fatigue and not getting enough rest (which I am still struggling with staying asleep a whole night) and the other just from a lack of faith, which I know better. But on three different occasions this week, I was confronted by some people in which I work with, see or just pass during my week and they all said, "Thanks for being such a great role model, man of God and positive influence for our kids." WHAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I felt like this was my job, but I was not doing a great job at it and here are people that I work, interact and sometimes rarely see thanking me for having a positive influence on their kids and the community. Needless to say, this definitely brought back up my spirits and had me thanking the higher power for keeping me during what I thought was hard times, but really was just him showing me that I was doing right and to continue doing the right thing (with HIS help). I mean, they say 3rd times a charm and tonight when I heard it, it brought me back to the center and reaffirmed that I WAS doing what I should with the talents and abilities I have. I am grateful for the opportunity and am just in awe that others recognize the influence I have in the community. Such an honor.
Me and my starting quarterback doing our pregame prayer before the game last week. Thanking God for his blessings and love over us and for our abilities. Great pic.
And as if that wasn't enough, my daily devotions continued to talk to me through the WORD and strengthened my faith in the Lord and to remember where my help comes from. Psalm 121. Here are some excerpts from the following week that spoke to me and kept me going. Hope they do the same for you.
Strength in Fellowship (this was an excerpt from my daily devotional for October 8th)
Those who are not teachable are trying to talk themselves into security and confidence. They appear sure of themselves, but deep down they aren't. Those who are teachable, however, hear from God. There is no greater boost to one's faith than to know that however strange or countercultural the voice we've heard, it is the voice of the Almighty -- the invincible warrior God, the Sovereign who sways human affections, the Beginning and the End. There's a calm assurance in the one who knows he or she is in fellowship with the Creator. A heart sensitive to Him will go forth in intensely certain faith. It has met with God.
"He wakens me morning by morning, wakens my ear to listen like one being taught." Isaiah 50:4
Hope you enjoyed. There is another to follow but this blog can stand alone about my week and where I am on so many levels. Stay tuned for more to come.
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