Oh, I am such a slacker! It is so difficult for me to buckle down into the grading papers routine after I've been out of it for two or three weeks. How much did I grade this weekend, you might foolishly ask? Nada. Usually Sunday is my get-ready-for-school day. I was too busy spending time with friends after church and then reading blogs today, one of my new favorite things, to give it much thought. Luckily, I did most of next week's planning after school Friday.
I'm really into blogs lately and am excited with the prospect of creating a classroom only blog in August. Something parents and kids could access too. That would mean no more mixing personal with professional... for the most part. (I'm sure I'll still have some funny or interesting stories to share here.) I would also like to include the kids in it somehow (regardless if I'm teaching 5th or 2nd). I'm excited to expand on and nail down that idea over the summer.
Today was a great day. A blessed day. (As usual.) It's so hard to say a day is not great, you know, when everyone I care about is healthy, fed, clothed, and has a roof over their heads. Not to mention, we went out to lunch with some friends after church and sat for hours talking and laughing. What a great afternoon! We need to do this most Sundays.
At church there were some postcards with the church information on it to hand out to people to invite them. I'm not great at sharing in that way, at inviting people to come share a Sunday service with us. I should be better at that. Jesus is Lord, and I'm so thankful He's my Savior. I should be shouting from the rooftops. I took a couple and put them up in the teacher's lunchroom at school this evening. We'll see what happens with my indirect invitations.
Last night I read through John 10 to get ready for our small group discussion on Tuesday. Strangely enough, our song leader prayed from John 10. This was awesome to me because rarely can I pinpoint exactly where people are praying from when they quote scripture in their prayer. Made me feel good.
So far I like the new series we've started at church. The cross. Thankfully, God is a holy God. He is trustworthy and faithful. In contrast to who God is, we are filled with sin and darkness. Our priorities are completely off. We live so that we hide behavior that we are ashamed of. We only let people in so far in our lives. Amazingly, though, God sent His Son to die a sinner's death on the cross. This is why the cross is a symbol of Christianity. Because Jesus sacrificed His life on the cross so that anyone could be freed from the chains and slavery of sin. Apart from the cross we live a cursed life.
I want more truths revealed. I want my life to be focused more on God, to radiate His love from every inch of me. I don't want to be fearful of how people perceive me or of [dis]pleasing others. I want to live for the Lord, letting His good and perfect will and His Holy Spirit guide me. Keep forming me, Father.
