funny story

so today I am in a meeting with several people in the smaller of my classrooms. The whole meeting I smelled old pee. I thought at first it was the lady next to me, but she is always dressed nice and well couldn't be so then I thought maybe one of my students had gone and we hadn't noticed. The whole time I was thinking we need to mop, why hasn't anyone else smelled this until now, how do I tell the students you can't pee in class. Then I went back to the office and the smell was there too. So I decided to take a deeper whif of my jacket, the one I have been wearing all week, and well there was the source. AUSSIE had left his mark, now I wondered when had he done it, for how many days have I been the lady smelling like pee. and what else in my house has he marked. Oh the joy of dogs! Happy Tuesday!

walk by faith and not by sight

Over the last few weeks I have struggled with my emotional state. Ups and downs and not really having any good reason for being so moody. There are many reasons that from a worldly perspective I would be moody based on my circumstances, but God doesn't call me to worldly standards or accept my worldly complaints, b/c they are just that complaints and complaints are a sign of not being content. Why am I wishing for my plan, when God's is so much better (Rm 8:28) Why? because I have been walking by sight. I see others happily living life with spouses and kids and living thier dreams out and I think man God see that is what I wanted why didn't you let me have that? why not this? why now? why didn' you? and the list of questions goes on. But where my focus should be is not on what I see but on Christ. I should be walking in faith trusting God knows what He is doing. He choose me, he saved me, he loves me, he forgave me, he will raise me in the last day(Jn 6) Why do I need anything else? I don't. I need to trust. I often listen to music (agian wishing for a talent God did not give me) I bought this new CD and this song convicted me. It is simply titled Faith by Kieth and Krystin Getty
"by faith we see the hand of God in the light of creation's grand design
in the lives of those who prove his faithfulness who walk by faith and not by sight
by faith our fathers roamed the earth with the power of his promise in thier hearts of a holy city built by God's own hand a place where peace and justice reign,

we will stand as children of the promise we will fix our eyes on him our souls reward til the race is finished and the work is done, we walk by faith and not by sight

by faith the prophets saw a day when the long for messiah would appear with the power to break the chains of sin and death and rise triumphant from the grave
by faith the church was called to go in the power of the spirit to the lost to deliever captives and to preach good newsin every corner of the earth

we will stand as children of the promise we will fix our eyes on him our souls reward til the race is finished and the work is done, we walk by faith and not by sight

by faith this mountian shall be moved and the power of the gospel shall prevail for we know in Christ all things are possible for all who call upon His name

we will stand as children of the promise we will fix our eyes on him our souls reward til the race is finished and the work is done, we walk by faith and not by sight

I need to be focused on the reward of my soul-Christ! My race is not finished and God obviously has more work for me to do, but He promises to help me and complete the work he started in me. I need to walk by faith focused on Christ and not by what I see(or how I feel). So stand on the promises of God (there are so many) and walk by faith knowing that God has a much better plan for my life that is for my good and His glory!