The past few days I have been thinking about a teacher of mine that I had in high school. She was my Spanish teacher that I had for five semesters and she by far the best teacher I ever had through all of my public education. She actually ended up winning a teachers who care award from the local tv station that I nomiated her for. She has just had such an impact on my life. I saw her when I went home for Christmas my freshman year of college but I haven't seen her since because I have gotten more busy and haven't been able to go home as much as possible. But the last few days I have been thinking a lot about her. I don't know why. Maybe it is because I am taking ESL classess right now and her background is in ESL. But this morning I told myself that I was going to email her. This afternoon as I was sitting at my computer I decided to write out an email to her updating her on my life and telling her the impact she has had on me. I sent off the email thinking it would be at least a few days if not a week before she responds because it is summer and I didn't figure she would checking her email very often. But literally, ten minutes after sending the email I got a phone call from her. (I have my phone number in my email signature) She told me that she had really needed a pick me up and that my email just brightened her day. We chatted for a little bit before she had to go but I thought it was so neat that she had taken the time to call me. I couldn't be too surprised because she was the teacher who once called me on a Sunday afternoon after I emailed her with a homework question and she worked through it over the phone with me for an hour.
But I feel like God was using me to help her. He placed the seed of thought in me the past few days to get me to email her. He knew that she needed a pick me up, that she was going through something and that I could brighten her day by sending her an an email. That is divine intervention at its finest.