So today in my Government and Politics Class I met and heard George Taliaferro Speek. He is a man with quite a story. George Taliaferro Graduated from IU in 1949. He was the First Black Man Drafted by the NFL. It was so neat to hear him, and to talk with him. So often I think about the stories of life that are going on around me, wondering what their about, and who the main parts are of the story. Something that struck me, and I have been struck with this thought more than once. That through the difficulties of life he said that he was the most shaped, the most changed, that in those difficulties he became a stronger person. It reminded me that God uses the hard things of life to make me what he wants me to be.
why is it that when there is a camp fire, I can't seem to stop staring into the flame? I always wonder that every Autumn when it's time to build camp fires and roast marshmallows, and hot dogs. It is my favorite time of the year though, and I get exited and lonely and peaceful and restless all at the same time. I get exited to see the leaves turn colors, and for the temperature to be cooler, I get lonely and long to share the season with someone, that someone being a husband. At the same time I find myself feeling a sense of peace, and calm, and at other times I feel restless, a longing for a new adventure. All of these thoughts went through my mind this evening as I sat next to the fire, with the brother and sister hood of the fellowship of the bride singing songs laughing, throwing marshmallow it was great fun. Thank you Father for the joy there is in being a part of your family.
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