Wow! Time Flies!

It's really been more than 2 weeks since I've posted! Unbelievable. I'm writing blogs in my head and having trouble getting to the computer. (Can someone please help me get pictures on this thing?) When I had the time, I couldn't figure it out. Now that I have much less time (school started) I'll never get it. It can't be that difficult. Can it? I'll blame it on living in the country and having dial-up!

I feel like I have been given a pardon from a life sentence in the pen! This job change has seriously rocked my world. I truly had no idea how bad things were for me until I'm no longer in the middle of it. It's funny how when you're on the mountain and look back over the valley you can see much more clearly the lessons and character God has been building. I'm thankful for the reprieve. For those who don't know, I left public school teaching in a VERY difficult district and went to private christian school. I teach my 11 year old son, I get to teach Bible, I can pray with my students, and feel free to share with them what the Bible says about any given topic we are studying! It is an unbelievable feeling! I'm slowly coming out of the "Funk" I survived in. My family cannot believe the difference in me and frankly, neither can I.

At times I wonder, "Did I miss you God? Was all this really your plan for me? Did my family really need to go through this?" And then I'm reminded of all the specific ways God met my and my family's needs throughout these last years. I'm reminded how often I tried to "do" in my own strength and ended up falling apart and falling on "His" strength. It reminds me of Chris Rice's song Untitled Hymn. There's a part where he talks about the road being rough and sometimes we fall...so, fall on Jesus. I have. Over and over again, and it's a sweet comfort. I'm relieved to have a reprieve, but I still say... if the storms bring me closer to God, "Bring it On" (Steven Curtis Chapman's Song...I know, I know. I can't help it!! Everything reminds me of a song!)