listen

i have been listening a lot lately.  waiting for something to come to me.  for so long i was moved to write.  i would dream up dreamy words to blog away.  and then the awesomeness left me.  it makes me think...remember when i used to have things to say?  i was sitting in the quagmire that is my desk.  avoiding certain phone calls.  crunching numbers.  handing down tax estimates.  painstakingly working amidst the people who walk in and out of my space.

 

our computers crashed.  and time stopped, with me panting near the finish of a deadline.  i was forced to stop.  i could not read the news on the internet.  i could not work.  my lunch was non-existent. 

i was sitting at my desk when the numbers stopped talking, and my mind moved to a slower speed.  and i stopped to listen to a man whom i adore in an officey sort of way.

he took in a baby who is now a boy. 

he said, i am a single man,  not a single dad.  just a man.  with a boy.
think about that...does not fit in with married couples, has a hard time on play dates with moms, cannot hang with the guys, hard to date, bribes other moms to set up group play dates because parents aren't sure what to make of him. 

he is excluded on so many levels of the boy's life because he doesn't fit anyone's standard as a parent. except the state says he's in charge.  it is far from a sacrifice, but he has given everything for the boy. 

he is humble.  and by that i mean he has no idea what he's done.  i told him he was amazing.  and he passed it off.  then i mentioned that he fixed the cycle that left a boy's family broken.  he helped change the course of a life, and all those who follow will benefit.  that is no small thing.  and as i listenened i looked at him and prayed so hard that he would be blessed like he has blessed that child.  he is amazing.  i love how God is using him.  and i love that i heard his story.