Back in the Fall of 08, when I was getting ready to send out support letters for my missions trip to Argentina, I claimed a verse as my theme verse for that adventure. I recently (today) reread that verse and see how it applies to me, here and now.
Acts 20:24
But I do not account my life of any value nor as precious to myself, if only I may finish my course and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God.
God has placed me where I am, right now, for a specific purpose. Ultimately, that purpose is "to testify to the gospel". My job, wherever I am, is to bear witness to His love and grace. I am supposed to be telling other people about Him and living out the gospel in my life. Am I doing that? Some days are better than others. This is my ministry. This is my mission field right now. I do not have to (as much as I LOVE to) go to a foreign place to tell people about the most important thing in the whole entire universe. Why am I afraid? Why do I get nervous? I should not consider my life as valuable and precious to myself. I should be laying it all out on the line to finish the course and the ministry that I have recieved from the Lord.
Sunday, April 18, 2010
Monday, April 12, 2010
I'm addicted...
...to my niece!! Ok, so she is 9 and 1/2 months old and I have only spent 2 weeks of her life with her, but I am so incredibly in love with this little kid! :)
I Skyped with her the other night...
...CUTE! :) This was in between her "dancing" sessions when my Mom was finding a new cell phone ringtone to play for her. What a little fatty! I love it! I canNOT wait to see her in June. Tee-hee what a goober! :)
Sunday, April 11, 2010
Enough
Enough (written by Chris Tomlin and Louie Giglio)
All of You is more than enough for
All of me for every thirst and every need
You satisfy me with Your love
And all I have in You
Is more than enough
You are my supply
My breath of life
Still more awesome than I know
You are my reward
Worth living for
Still more awesome than I know
All of You is more than enough for
All of me for every thirst and every need
You satisfy me with Your love
And all I have in You
Is more than enough
You're my sacrifice of greatest price
Still more awesome than I know
You're my coming King
You're everything
Still more awesome than I know
All of You is more than enough for
All of me for every thirst and every need
You satisfy me with Your love
And all I have in You
Is more than enough
You're enough, You're enough, You're enough for me!
You're enough, You're enough, You're enough for me!
This song is like, my theme song right now. It is A-MAZ-ING to know that God is more than enough of everything I need. He is EVERYTHING! He is so much more AWESOME than I realize or will ever be able to know here on Earth! He is my breath of life. He is my reward. He is why I live. He satisfies my every need. He satisfies my every thirst. He sacrificed and paid the greatest price to have me. He's coming for me! He is EVERYTHING! :)
All of You is more than enough for
All of me for every thirst and every need
You satisfy me with Your love
And all I have in You
Is more than enough
You are my supply
My breath of life
Still more awesome than I know
You are my reward
Worth living for
Still more awesome than I know
All of You is more than enough for
All of me for every thirst and every need
You satisfy me with Your love
And all I have in You
Is more than enough
You're my sacrifice of greatest price
Still more awesome than I know
You're my coming King
You're everything
Still more awesome than I know
All of You is more than enough for
All of me for every thirst and every need
You satisfy me with Your love
And all I have in You
Is more than enough
You're enough, You're enough, You're enough for me!
You're enough, You're enough, You're enough for me!
This song is like, my theme song right now. It is A-MAZ-ING to know that God is more than enough of everything I need. He is EVERYTHING! He is so much more AWESOME than I realize or will ever be able to know here on Earth! He is my breath of life. He is my reward. He is why I live. He satisfies my every need. He satisfies my every thirst. He sacrificed and paid the greatest price to have me. He's coming for me! He is EVERYTHING! :)
Thursday, April 8, 2010
"Miss Birchard, that's greeeeeeeeeeen"
Middle School/High School study Hall. Does that explain the title of this post? No, probably not. I do not even KNOW what "greeeeeeeeeeeen" is supposed to mean nowadays. I am only to assume it does not mean the color green anymore. The best I can figure is, it means "cool" or "awesome" or "stellar" or, yes, catch this, "boss".
Kids....can't live with em...and ya cant' shoot em!
Kids....can't live with em...and ya cant' shoot em!
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
fast food fatties!
I was feeling crappy today. I needed dinner. I went for fast food. I got a text from my mom with this picture in it...
Apparently my niece had the same idea :)
She is so cute and pudgey and I want to hold her and squeeze her and love her.
I miss her!
Frustrations
Today has been frustrating. Okay, correction...since it is only 11:30am, this morning has been frustrating. My day started out normal. Got up late and didn't have much time to make myself presentable. This just means wet hair and doing makeup in the car. I got to school right on time only to be faced with a faculty meeting that ran over time. Still, I was fine with all of that. I wasn't really having a great attitude today about having to come in to work, but as soon as I stepped in my classroom, I changed it. I decided to be cheery and upbeat and helpful and loving to my students.
The morning started off with some phonics work, in which the kids did fine. Then, we moved on to numbers, doing our 8 family addition and learning how to tell time at the :15 mark...such as 12:15, 1:15, 2:15, etc. The kids did great with that too. My classroom aide was in today, so I decided to do reading groups. I pulled out the 3 papers the kids were to work on independently as seatwork. I explained every page thoroughly. As soon as every child had a paper and his or her pouch containing pencils, erasers, crayons, colored pencils, etc, I got down the reading books and prepared the back table for groups. The frustrating part about today was that we never made it to reading groups. No, that wasn't even the worst part. The worst part was just about every single child forgot everything we have learned...all....year....long. They were claiming to not know how to tell time and to not know how to write in cursive. (We have been writing in cursive from the beginning of the year.) They were not understanding anything we were trying to do. My aide and I were going all around the room helping waaaay more than should be necessary in the last quarter of Kindergarten. It was absolutely ridiculous.
I don't usually get down too much on myself for "failures" that may occur in my life. Losing a sports game, not doing well on a test, failing to play the piano well at an event are all things that I feel are failures. But, for some reason, today, when I got the feeling of failure at teaching, I was/am crushed. Teaching has become so very important to me and I love it. A lot. The feeling of failing at something like this is overwhelming for me.
I realize, kids have bad days. And I realize that teachers have bad days. But, this was like every single one of my students. And it was all morning long. If it weren't for having to come back out, I would have broken down in the closet when I went in to get snack for snacktime. Even now, I feel like crying. But, now is not the time. I hate this feeling.
Before my aide left she said, "Well, maybe tomorrow will be better." I wholeheartedly agreed with her and decided that there is NO way that tomorrow can't be better...Praise the LORD for new mornings and for His mercies that are new.
Lamentations 3:21-24
This I recall to my mind, Therefore I have hope. The LORD'S lovingkindnesses indeed never cease, For His compassions never fail. They are new every morning; Great is Your faithfulness. "The LORD is my portion," says my soul, "Therefore I have hope in Him."
The morning started off with some phonics work, in which the kids did fine. Then, we moved on to numbers, doing our 8 family addition and learning how to tell time at the :15 mark...such as 12:15, 1:15, 2:15, etc. The kids did great with that too. My classroom aide was in today, so I decided to do reading groups. I pulled out the 3 papers the kids were to work on independently as seatwork. I explained every page thoroughly. As soon as every child had a paper and his or her pouch containing pencils, erasers, crayons, colored pencils, etc, I got down the reading books and prepared the back table for groups. The frustrating part about today was that we never made it to reading groups. No, that wasn't even the worst part. The worst part was just about every single child forgot everything we have learned...all....year....long. They were claiming to not know how to tell time and to not know how to write in cursive. (We have been writing in cursive from the beginning of the year.) They were not understanding anything we were trying to do. My aide and I were going all around the room helping waaaay more than should be necessary in the last quarter of Kindergarten. It was absolutely ridiculous.
I don't usually get down too much on myself for "failures" that may occur in my life. Losing a sports game, not doing well on a test, failing to play the piano well at an event are all things that I feel are failures. But, for some reason, today, when I got the feeling of failure at teaching, I was/am crushed. Teaching has become so very important to me and I love it. A lot. The feeling of failing at something like this is overwhelming for me.
I realize, kids have bad days. And I realize that teachers have bad days. But, this was like every single one of my students. And it was all morning long. If it weren't for having to come back out, I would have broken down in the closet when I went in to get snack for snacktime. Even now, I feel like crying. But, now is not the time. I hate this feeling.
Before my aide left she said, "Well, maybe tomorrow will be better." I wholeheartedly agreed with her and decided that there is NO way that tomorrow can't be better...Praise the LORD for new mornings and for His mercies that are new.
Lamentations 3:21-24
This I recall to my mind, Therefore I have hope. The LORD'S lovingkindnesses indeed never cease, For His compassions never fail. They are new every morning; Great is Your faithfulness. "The LORD is my portion," says my soul, "Therefore I have hope in Him."
Saturday, April 3, 2010
Trust and Obey
The temptation to not be content is a big one in my life right now. It seems like everywhere I turn, I am being bombarded with attacks in that arena. Believe it or not, some of this temptation to be discontent has come from other Christians. "You need a man." Or "you are just such a wonderful person, why in the WORLD aren't you dating anyone?" So, naturally, I have been diving into God's Word to find comfort and answers and help with this problem. Sometimes, I don't know where to look to find verses/passages, so I head to trusty old Google. This morning, I came across some stuff that encouraged me.
http://www.cbn.com/family/datingsingles/hardaway_desires.aspx
http://www.cbn.com/family/datingsingles/hardaway_single.aspx
There are so many thoughts in my head right now and I am struggling with getting them out (as normal). So, I think I will stop now. Maybe later.
http://www.cbn.com/family/datingsingles/hardaway_desires.aspx
http://www.cbn.com/family/datingsingles/hardaway_single.aspx
There are so many thoughts in my head right now and I am struggling with getting them out (as normal). So, I think I will stop now. Maybe later.
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