2 more days and I'm headed to Florida to see my family. I absolutely CANNOT wait to go!!!! I will get to see 3 of my big brothers and sister in laws and my nieces and nephews and good old friends from good ole Lake Wales, Florida.
Central Florida is probably one of my favorite places to be. I have so many memories there that I cherish...a little piece of my heart is there. One day I wouldn't mind living there.
This year is coming to a close...there are 7 weeks left of school and counting. Life is getting very busy for me with our end of the year Chorus performance coming up May 12. If you didn't know already, this is my first year teaching. I'm having fun being creative for this performance....making it how I want it and trying my best to make it how the Students want it as well... As far as I can tell the Students are enjoying what we are doing. It's an elective so It needs to be fun. And It's the last 2 periods of the day so it doesn't need to be boring....These poor students need a break to have some fun...I hope that's a little bit of what Chorus has been this year. I have enjoyed it and I hope they have as well.
Next year I have the responsibility of Chorus and Drama.....I don't know how in the world I'm going to do that.....I guess we shall see.
But I am ready for Spring Break!!!!! I have a feeling that after next week, I won't want to come back to Georgia..........
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
"God is Always Good"
"When Life doesn't go the way I thought it should...Sometimes it's because God is Good. And when plans fall apart though I never dreamed they would.. Sometimes it's because God is Good."
This is part of a song that is on John Waller's new album. It's really been ministering to me and opening up my understanding to the reality that God truly is always good in every situation and in every season. Man makes plans in his heart, but the Lord directs his steps. All too often I complain all the way through the trials and tests that I go through, almost certain the Lord is upset with me or that the Lord has left me alone and I don't know why. I forget that it is in these times of testing the Lord says "Rejoice.....JUMP FOR JOY"....really, Lord? Jump for Joy? Is that really what you meant? Do you see what I'm going through? It hurts and I don't understand why you are putting me through this! How can I have any kind of Joy? After listening to my faithless, untrusting thoughts for long enough the Lord is beginning to have grace on me...
I read the book of Job the other day. I started reading it because it was in my schedule to read the Bible in a year and I was behind...I was only going to Try to read a few chapters, but once I began, I couldn't put it down and ended up reading it all. God began to speak into my own faithlessness and doubt. God is Always Good. It's his nature. It's simply who He is. God knew that Job was blameless and innocent. In fact, God was the one who made Satan notice him. God was the one who allowed all that happened to Job to happen. Why? Because God is sovereign. Job kept complaining saying that He wanted to present his case to God. Job wanted to tell God that he had done no wrong, that he was not in sin and not deserving of all this. Job knew it was God's hand all along. This opened my eyes to myself.
I like to plan ahead. I have to have my planner or I don't know what is going on. If I lose my planner, I'm totally lost in this world....not really but almost. I like to figure things out too. I like to figure out situations and outcomes...especially my own. Recently, I had an experience in my life where the outcome was very different than I thought it would be because I thought that I had figured out what God was going to do. After all, I had been simply waiting and watching the Lord do what he was already doing, so in my mind I thought that I knew what the outcome would be. As you have probably already figured out, the outcome was very different than where I thought the Lord would bring it.
I was not shaken. But I was confused a bit. I told the Lord, "I trusted You, And I watched you work. I saw Your hand. What did I do wrong? Was I really not trusting? Was I just wanting my way? But I know You were there. I don't understand why it went this way. Was I decieved? If I was, Oh how easily I was....But I trust you still I know you have a plan and purpose."
And the Lord said to me, "You did trust me, my daughter. And you are right. My hand was in it and I was working. However, Your ways are not mine. I am sovereign. Although there is pain in trials, don't you see that's right where I am...That's where I fellowship with you the most.That's where Your Joy comes from because that's where my Son is. I wanted to see if you really trust me. If you would take my hand and let Me lead you and walk beside you in those trials. Don't Give up. Keep trusting Me. I never left you once."
All of the AWFUL things that happened to Job and yet God's hand was in it. God allowed it....For Job's growth. God is sovereign and always good! Always! We don't understand everything He is doing in our lives. How can we? He's God and we aren't! It is in the valley where we are refined and where we meet with Jesus. Where He allows us to fellowship and partake in His massive suffering.
It was in the hardest struggle of my life before my dad had his heart surgery a few months ago that I experienced REAL JOY that comes from the trial's of our faith (James 1).And these trials will never stop. We will never stay on the Mountain long. We are people of the valley. It's how we respond to them and Who we meet there that's important. I'm so thankful that God chose me to be apart of His Mission!
Wherever You are in Your life...If you are on the Mountain, enjoy it while it lasts, but Don't expect to stay there. The valley is where we are refined...it's where we are made more like Christ Jesus. It's where we really experience and get to know who He is. Don't give up! He is with You! And He won't ever leave! I promise!
In all things, GOD IS ALWAYS GOOD!
This is part of a song that is on John Waller's new album. It's really been ministering to me and opening up my understanding to the reality that God truly is always good in every situation and in every season. Man makes plans in his heart, but the Lord directs his steps. All too often I complain all the way through the trials and tests that I go through, almost certain the Lord is upset with me or that the Lord has left me alone and I don't know why. I forget that it is in these times of testing the Lord says "Rejoice.....JUMP FOR JOY"....really, Lord? Jump for Joy? Is that really what you meant? Do you see what I'm going through? It hurts and I don't understand why you are putting me through this! How can I have any kind of Joy? After listening to my faithless, untrusting thoughts for long enough the Lord is beginning to have grace on me...
I read the book of Job the other day. I started reading it because it was in my schedule to read the Bible in a year and I was behind...I was only going to Try to read a few chapters, but once I began, I couldn't put it down and ended up reading it all. God began to speak into my own faithlessness and doubt. God is Always Good. It's his nature. It's simply who He is. God knew that Job was blameless and innocent. In fact, God was the one who made Satan notice him. God was the one who allowed all that happened to Job to happen. Why? Because God is sovereign. Job kept complaining saying that He wanted to present his case to God. Job wanted to tell God that he had done no wrong, that he was not in sin and not deserving of all this. Job knew it was God's hand all along. This opened my eyes to myself.
I like to plan ahead. I have to have my planner or I don't know what is going on. If I lose my planner, I'm totally lost in this world....not really but almost. I like to figure things out too. I like to figure out situations and outcomes...especially my own. Recently, I had an experience in my life where the outcome was very different than I thought it would be because I thought that I had figured out what God was going to do. After all, I had been simply waiting and watching the Lord do what he was already doing, so in my mind I thought that I knew what the outcome would be. As you have probably already figured out, the outcome was very different than where I thought the Lord would bring it.
I was not shaken. But I was confused a bit. I told the Lord, "I trusted You, And I watched you work. I saw Your hand. What did I do wrong? Was I really not trusting? Was I just wanting my way? But I know You were there. I don't understand why it went this way. Was I decieved? If I was, Oh how easily I was....But I trust you still I know you have a plan and purpose."
And the Lord said to me, "You did trust me, my daughter. And you are right. My hand was in it and I was working. However, Your ways are not mine. I am sovereign. Although there is pain in trials, don't you see that's right where I am...That's where I fellowship with you the most.That's where Your Joy comes from because that's where my Son is. I wanted to see if you really trust me. If you would take my hand and let Me lead you and walk beside you in those trials. Don't Give up. Keep trusting Me. I never left you once."
All of the AWFUL things that happened to Job and yet God's hand was in it. God allowed it....For Job's growth. God is sovereign and always good! Always! We don't understand everything He is doing in our lives. How can we? He's God and we aren't! It is in the valley where we are refined and where we meet with Jesus. Where He allows us to fellowship and partake in His massive suffering.
It was in the hardest struggle of my life before my dad had his heart surgery a few months ago that I experienced REAL JOY that comes from the trial's of our faith (James 1).And these trials will never stop. We will never stay on the Mountain long. We are people of the valley. It's how we respond to them and Who we meet there that's important. I'm so thankful that God chose me to be apart of His Mission!
Wherever You are in Your life...If you are on the Mountain, enjoy it while it lasts, but Don't expect to stay there. The valley is where we are refined...it's where we are made more like Christ Jesus. It's where we really experience and get to know who He is. Don't give up! He is with You! And He won't ever leave! I promise!
In all things, GOD IS ALWAYS GOOD!
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