1. Warmth- as in clothes, houses, and fires.
2. Unsuccessfully setting the house on fire last night.
3. Coffee, coffee shops, just plain, black coffee in general.
4. Family.
5. New shoes.
6. Cell phones: what would we ever do without them?
7. Non-fiction novels.
8. Art.
9. Beth Moore Bible studies.
10. The biblical education I received at Calvary.
11. Cute 7th graders.
12. 4th graders who will get excited about anything you say is cool.
13. Pie- apple, pumpkin, pudding.
14. Self-controls.
15. Straighteners.
16. My Bible I received before graduation.
17. Popcorn, all kinds: cinnamon sugar, cheese, garlic-onion, ranch, plain salted popcorn.
18. Vera Bradley.
19. Thanksgiving cards.
20. Good conversations.
21. White chocolate peppermint mochas- probably one of the best drinkable things in life.
22. Libraries.
23. Bananas. Fruit in general, lately.
24. Eureka, Illinois
25. Westbrooke Church.
26. Having the opportunity to coach basketball.
27. The fact that there are 56,798 more things to be thankful for.
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Friday, November 7, 2008
Cease striving and know that I AM God.
That has been the theme of my life lately. Sadly, I didn't invent it; it came from Psalm 46:10.
Subbing has been so inconsistent. It drives me to insanity most days. In fact, it causes me to strive. Another version of this verse says to "be still." Over and over again I have been reminded to let go of my anxiousness and to be quiet before the Almighty, omniscient God. More often than not, that is when I see Him work in my life. So many times I have been praying that God would provide for me and no less than two minutes later the phone rings. Having the same dispostion as the Israelites, stupidly I don't recognize His goodness and grace automatically.
Not only is He faithful to provide jobs and money and food, He also provide opportunities to minister and exercise my education. Emily (the other half of Calvary's dinamic duo) and I are coaching the JV girls' basketball team at PCS. Thus far, from this experience, I have learned two things. 1) I have improved since high school. 2) I don't don't as much about basketball as I previosly thought. On top of that, the college and career group at Liberty has taken off. The girls meet for coffee or have dinner parties. Plus, they humor me by playing Loaded Questions.
I always think up these great ideas to "blog" about when a computer is far from reach. Those ideas have slipped from my memory.
More to be written later...grace and peace until then.
Subbing has been so inconsistent. It drives me to insanity most days. In fact, it causes me to strive. Another version of this verse says to "be still." Over and over again I have been reminded to let go of my anxiousness and to be quiet before the Almighty, omniscient God. More often than not, that is when I see Him work in my life. So many times I have been praying that God would provide for me and no less than two minutes later the phone rings. Having the same dispostion as the Israelites, stupidly I don't recognize His goodness and grace automatically.
Not only is He faithful to provide jobs and money and food, He also provide opportunities to minister and exercise my education. Emily (the other half of Calvary's dinamic duo) and I are coaching the JV girls' basketball team at PCS. Thus far, from this experience, I have learned two things. 1) I have improved since high school. 2) I don't don't as much about basketball as I previosly thought. On top of that, the college and career group at Liberty has taken off. The girls meet for coffee or have dinner parties. Plus, they humor me by playing Loaded Questions.
I always think up these great ideas to "blog" about when a computer is far from reach. Those ideas have slipped from my memory.
More to be written later...grace and peace until then.
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