So God is amazing. Like really. I just love when He shows me that He's paying attention and that He's watching.
So this school term has been absolutely horrible. Because of the way my brain works, it is imperative that I have absolute order and structure around me in order to be productive. One of my classes has been the exact opposite, nothing but chaos from day 1, and it has completely demotivated me. It's affecting my performance in both classes, and it's just frustrating in general. So, this morning, I was praying and I told the Lord that I think I'm just gonna take a term off and regroup. I work full-time, go to school full-time, and volunteer part-time. Plus, I have LGM. It's a lot.
So I'm downtown this morning and this lady stops me and asks for directions. There are a lot of court buildings in ATL and I don't know them by address, so I had to ask her what type of court she was going to, assuming she'd say traffic. She said "well, I'm going to divorce mediation." I was going to the same building, so we talked along the way. I told her I was going to school to be a family court mediator and family therapist for divorcing parents, and possibly a family court judge. We had a great discussion. At the end, she encouraged me not to stop until I'm finished and said that we need more God-fearing people in the court systems. I hadn't even mentioned God at all.
Then, when I was leaving the building, a guy got on the elevator and said "hi, how are you?" I answered that I was fine and asked how he was. Of course, I was just expecting "fine, thanks." But he said "terrible. Frustrated. Pissed off." LOL. So I was like "aww, I'm sorry to hear that. Hope your day gets better." I was only going one floor down, so I didn't feel like there was any point in starting a whole conversation... but he did. He went on to tell me that he keeps coming to court and his child's mother won't show up. He said that he wants joint custody, but the judge is trying to be patient with the mother and give her the opportunity to testify. They reset his case 4 times already, he said. I explained to him what little I know about how it works in Georgia, and within 2 minutes, my heart was so heavy that I got teary eyed. He said "well d---, you need to be the judge. You seem like the only one around here got sense."
I'm sure it was no coincidence that I ran into both those people today, and that both of them, in their own ways, encouraged me to press on.
