Tonight we went to Mountain Island Elementary to meet Dylan's kindgergarten teacher, Mrs. Love, who we are so blessed to have! I feel like we hit the jack pot of teachers. I have been praying for Dylan's teacher and school for over a year and now and have specifically prayed for Mrs. Love for several months. I have heard so many great things about her and she has everyone's stamp of approval including one of the most important stamps of all from my sister! Deborah and Mrs. Love went to high school together, were bus mates on the bus, and Deborah did some student teaching at MIE when Mrs. Love was there. I think she will be a great fit for bringing out the best in Dylan with her loving nature, patience, and firmness as needed. I really want his first year of school to start out on the best foot possible!
Dylan was excited to go tonight but also a bit nervous. There was a side to him I had never quite seen before. My boy is one brave little guy so I think this is the first time I really saw some fear in him. I mean real fear. Not that instant fear that comes and passes quickly like when I see a snake or something, but that fear of the unknown. That kind of fear that creeps up and lingers within. The fear that you want to shake off and you can't quite shake it. And why shouldn't he have some fear? His world is going to soon change in a very major way. He will be dumped into a school he's only entered twice in his life, with a teacher he has never known and about 16-18 other new kids. Mama is feeling a fearful for him!!! Not only am I feeling fear, but I'm feeling anxiety and worry and the whole nine yards! Whew! I need help if I'm going to get me and him through this!
So where does my help come from? It comes from God! And as soon as I think of that, I remember a very treasured gift that I received that went off to college with me. And you aren't going to believe what I'm about to say this "treasured gift" was! It was a simple laminated bookmark with Psalms 121 from my Mom. I can't tell you how many times I read these words that freshman year when I was filled with "fear" and how these words comforted me. I still have this bookmark in my Bible today and the words are committed forever in memory.
| 1 | I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills,
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| from whence cometh my help. |
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| 2 | My help cometh from the LORD,
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| which made heaven and earth. |
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| 3 | He will not suffer thy foot to be moved:
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| he that keepeth thee will not slumber. |
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| 4 | Behold, he that keepeth Israel
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| shall neither slumber nor sleep. |
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| 5 | The LORD is thy keeper:
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| the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand. |
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| 6 | The sun shall not smite thee by day,
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| 7 | The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil:
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| he shall preserve thy soul. |
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| 8 | The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in
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from this time forth, and even for evermore.
And in that moment, I know my Help has arrived! I am blessed and thankful. I will share these verses with Dylan before he takes off for school and although he may not fully understand the words, I know he'll understand that God is always with Him.
I am so thankful that I had a Mom who knew where she could cry out to for help when she left me at college (and let me tell you, that woman cried and cried, and cried for four years every time I went back to college!). So Mom, this one is for you! Thanks for teaching me and training me in the ways I should go. I love you!
And Dylan, may you always remember that God is in control! He is your keeper and He will keep you from all evil. Do not give into fear, my sweet boy. God is your God and will strengthen and help you all the days of your life.
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