Today being Tuesday, I sent out Vol. 1, Issue 3 of our "Junior High Wi-Fi" e-newsletter, which goes out to most to our Junior High youth and their families. I gotta be honest, I'm pretty proud of it. It keeps our parents and teens up to date on everything going on in our new JH Ministry program.
I'm a person who likes to see the things I'm in charge of go well. If I feel like it's a success, honestly, I don't need anybody to tell me it was a good job or thank me. Really- I don't. It's hard to please myself, so when I do, having others tell me "good job" or "well done" is simply, like the title says, an added bonus.
Tonight I got an email from the dad of one of my Junior High teens. He was wanting his wife's email address added to my list for the newsletter, yet he also took the time to simply put "Thanks for all you do" in the email. Nothing fancy, just a simple, one-sentence bit of encouragement. But, for reasons I can't quite explain except to say I'm finally in a full-time job and seeing the fruits of my labor, it meant so much to me. I'm so glad I got to read it before I went to bed. It feels so GOOD knowing that even just one person took the time to thank me for what I do in our church ministries...I certainly didn't need it or ask for it, which makes it even better, really. To know that one of our dads is pleased with my new work with his kids...means an awful lot. An awful lot.
So, today's lesson...when you love what you do each day, compliments like these simply mean that much more.
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