Today I’m thankful for my job. I wish I could say I love my job – I don’t love it exactly. I do find it fascinating, though. It’s much like a puzzle … tough curriculum, testing expectations, motivating teens … all have to come together in something called academic achievement. There is that old quote … “what doesn’t kill us, makes us stronger.” Today I am thankful for experiences that won’t kill me … but make me laugh, cry, and make me grow. That’s my work!
The faithful love of the Lord never ends! His mercies never cease.Great is his faithfulness; his mercies begin afresh each morning. Lamentations 3:22-23 NLT More is written about Joseph than any other patriarch. His is an exciting story! I want to call attention to just a small part. You remember Joseph was his father’s favorite son and a rather…
Like people or dogs, each day is unique and hasits own personality quirks which can easily be seenif you look closely. But there are so few days ascompared to people, not to mention dogs, that itwould be surprising if a day were not a hundredtimes more interesting than most people. Butusually they just pass, mostly…
“Oh, for the wonder that bubbles into my soul.” ~~ D. H. Lawrence Today has been such a peaceful day. I am blessed beyond measure. We are on day 3 of snow … which is simply amazing. While I feel some restlessness with being out of school, I am grateful for the slower pace, time to…
In yesterday’s post about the mercies of God, I called attention to how God was merciful to a lawless and violent city. Typically when we read about Nineveh, we focus on Jonah’s journey of disobedience, obedience, and then anger. But I want to remind us that while there is much to learn from this story,…
This is not a political post! But today is Election Day … and surely by now you have voted! Today is a good day to be grateful for choices! One science report I read said that adults make on average 35,000 decisions a day … some 200+ decisions about food a day (LOL!). Obviously not…
Earlier this week I was talking with a colleague at school. We needed to vent a little bit … just a little bit … and we ended our conversation with things we were grateful for! We decided we would challenge each other to keep a focus on gratitude! So here goes thirty days of thankfulness!…