Its amazing the things that you can take away from your professors at college. I learned so much in my academic studies, took many tests, had a lot of classes, projects, and papers. But there are a few things I remember from my days at BJU. One teacher in particular was influential in my life-- Mr. Moose. Mr. Moose was my Classroom Communication teacher. It was a required class for education majors, and of course I liked it because it was Speech. There was one morning I was espeically meloncoly. It was too the point that I felt like crying and it didn't helpt that my teacher had a picture of different "mood faces."
He then asked each of us how we felt...lets just say I chose the one with the grumpy look (hey at least I am honest). Then he proceeded to go into a devotional, on top of that he was especially chipper that cold, rainy, autumn day in Greenville, SC. He started to talk about the fall leaves and how beautiful they looked against the gray sky and how much brighter they were when it was gloomy and rainy. He also shared the verse "this is the day that the Lord hath made."
When walking back across campus what he said stuck with me. I looked across at the red/orange maple trees that lined the entry way and saw how beautiful they looked against the gray sky. My smile was turned into a frown and my heart sang "This is the Day."
Today, as I sing the song with my students or at church I think of Mr.Moose and the lesson he taught me that cold, rainy, fall day.
Thank you Mr. Moose
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