Divine Simplicity

"From heaven the Lord looks down and sees all mankind; from his dwelling place he watches all who live on earth - he who forms the hearts of all, who considers everything they do. No king is saved by the size of his army; no warrior escapes by his great strength. A horse is a vain hope for deliverance; despite all its great strength it cannot save.
But the eyes of the Lord are on those who fear him, on those whose hope is in his unfailing love, to deliver them from death and keep them alive in famine."
Psalms 33: 13-19

Does anyone else find it out to trust the divine simplicity of our Savior? Why do I find myself repeatedly failing to trust or to see His protection? I want to be the kind of woman who can TRUST her Savior and take a leap of faith, without even thinking twice about what if I fail...I want to be so close to Him that we are one, and when I take that leap of faith, it is already set ahead of me. The thing I forget, is that it is still set whether I trust and take the leap of faith or not, He loves me that much - "he forms my heart" and "considers everything [I] do." "the eyes of the Lord are on those who fear him, on those whose hope is in his unfailing love." It is so hard to find myself worthy of such a powerful God, to rap my head around his "unfailing love" for me and for you.

Remember today as I have that He will take you out of the "famine" in your life, he will keep you from "dying" TRUST the divine simplicity of your Savior.

Reese First Day of Pre-K

Well, Reese had the best day, or to quote him "It was good, I had fun, we had circle time, I made you a present, we went to the playground and the gym and I made a lot of friends, but we can't watch tv at nap time" (woops Mom, good job getting him used to watching tv before falling asleep) I even made it through the whole day without crying...I was so nervous about sending him, but it was a great day!

I also thought I would share this story with you:

Another teacher at the school stopped me on the way to lunch and said she was in Pre-K helping out. They were playing a game and rolling a ball to each other, when you caught the ball you had to say your name, something about you, and roll the ball to a friend. Reese caught the ball and said "My name's Reese and I have a dog named Sugar" he then rolled the ball to a friend, when the caught it he said the following, "I win, I caught the ball, said I was Reese and had a dog named Sugar and rolled the ball." What makes this so funny is that we don't have a dog!! Katie does have a dog named Sugar and that is who he was talking aout. I also find it funny that he is so much like his dad, he had to "win" the game that involved a ball.

Here are some pictures of the first day =) Enjoy - well for some reason this isn't letting me post pictures. I 'll get them up ASAP

Fresh Start

After a week of inservice, we are ready to start school on Monday. I am excited to have a new group of kids, and really excited about starting the AVID program - I have high hopes of the program doing wonders for the students. I feel such a strong desire to reach those "at risk" kids...I am praying for opportunties this year for me to grow spiritually, emotionally, and professionally through these students. As our Super said today our goal is to be
1. Leaner
2. Greener
3. Cleaner

Almost ready to go back on Monday :)

HIS WILL - not mine

Summer is coming to an end and it seems it only just started. I am looking forward to a new schedule and a fresh start with semi-new kids...at least kids I didn't have last year.

I am getting really nervous about Reese starting Pre-K - he just doesn't seem to be old enough, I am so sad to be loosing my baby. As you all know I want another so bad but my body just doesn't work with me, it seems every time I go to the doctor we add another disease to the list of things already wrong with me - please keep praying for God to give me a baby, or if I am only to have one outstanding child that my desire for another will go away and my desire will begin to match His Will for me and my family. I do trust my Father and know His Will is perfect, but I need strength and more faith, so pray for that too.

I attended a great conference last week called AVID - Advancement Via Individualized Determination - it was awesome! I learned so many great things for my classroom and I am so excited to try them out. I became very passionate about the program and feel led, along with other team members, to develop the program for the small school (it is only used in big schools, this will be the first year a small school starts AVID) and I am hoping to see myself with AVID in the future.

I know God has great plans for my family I just have to keep trusting and believing that if I follow His Path and His Will I will see what is ahead of us.