MACIE'S FAMILY
Today's reading: Nehemiah 5-9

I'll admit, I read my suggested Bible reading for the day--but that's not where my head is.

I tried to focus on the life and times of Nehemiah, but my head kept going back to Macie, the little girl in Isaiah's 4th grade class and his homework assignment.

No, not the math facts page I had to check. Not the spelling words he wrote neatly five times each. Not even the written report he finished up on king cobras. It was the other assignment Mrs. Yadro gave the kids that is on my heart and mind.

Yesterday the class was wondering where in the world Macie was. Apparently at lunch time, Mrs. Yadro had found out and then assigned the homework for the kids...

Macie's dad is in the final stages of a fight with cancer. The doctors are giving him very little time to live. That's where Macie was, beside her Dad.

The godly 4th grade teacher God selected for our family this year asked each of the kids in class to pray at home for Macie and her family.

And we have. When we got home Isaiah asked to pray, and God heard my son pray for his friend. At the dinner table, Isaiah prayed for Macie and her family before we ate. At bedtime, her name was mentioned again.

I can honestly tell you that I don't care how Isaiah does on his spelling test this week--because I know he learned SO much more in the special assignment given to him. The king cobra report might or might not gain high marks--it concerns me very little in comparison to what I saw develop in the life of my son regarding the 'Macie homework'. The math? He'll have it completed for class to day--but I'll almost guess Mrs. Yadro will have a hard time keeping her mind and the minds of the little ones she's in charge of on anything but their friend and her burden.

My prayers are for Macie and her family today--but also for a teacher willing to step out of the way and allow God to teach a very important lesson in love and care--and prayer.