Celeb #1 of 50 ~ Hot Chocolate

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Running some errands today.  Saw this guy standing on the corner holding a sign – working for a store nearby.  It was a frigid . . . bitter . . . cold AND windy day! (Only 25° with a wind chill factor of 8°!)  I don’t know how long he had been there already, but I felt this situation warranted some attention today.  Found a gas station down the road.  Purchased and delivered a cup of steaming hot chocolate to the gentleman who seemed grateful and appreciative.  I pray the hot liquid warmed his body as well as blessed and warmed his soul.

Sunlight and Sonlight

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Yesterday morning, when I looked out our school office window, the sun was shining so beautifully and brightly.  By the time I had a chance to go outside to meander down the road, the cloud cover had taken over.  As I pondered this dilemma, I was reminded how Jesus is the Light of the world.  When we choose to allow Him to live in us, His light can shine brightly through us to warm and touch those around us.  But when we allow our judgmental attitudes, our thoughts, our misplaced priorities, our conversations . . . to take over us, to consume our day, Jesus’ light is hidden under a cloud cover in our lives.  Others around us can’t really see or feel Him.

~ Lord, help me today to allow Your Sonlight to shine brightly through me without any cloud cover. 

Scheduling

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It’s that time of year . . . again.  I used to be so on the ball and schedule all the work for an entire school year.  Yes, there were lots of adjustments made throughout the year, but it was easy to change since I keep the schedule on a computer worksheet (an MS Excel FREE look alike program that works great):

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I always knew what we needed to accomplish that week to make it through the curriculum that year.  Now?  Not so much.  Now I only schedule 30 school days at a time.  That means I need to do this scheduling 6 times per year instead of once.  At this point, we are fortunate to have 90 days completed ~ half-way through the year!  So while others may be recovering from their New Year’s party and lack of sleep, I’ll be spending a chunk of time this New Year’s Day having LOTS of fun mapping out the next 30 days of school and searching the library website for books we’ll need / want to enrich our studies.

~ HAPPY NEW YEAR ~

Launching into a New World

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I have to say I’m a bit apprehensive to actually start this blog.  I’m afraid no one will be interested in reading it.  I’m afraid lots of people will want to read it.  I’m petrified of exposing some deepest parts of my being to the world.  I’m afraid that this will be a waste of time and worthless.  Maybe this whole exercise will be therapy for me.  Just maybe it will challenge me to be a better person, to walk more faithfully and obediently to an amazing God.  Just maybe it can reach out to touch you in some way, evoking some emotion ~ whether it be laughter or tears ~ or just maybe challenge you to work on forming  a new and healthy habit in your own life.

Most of all, I truly and humbly desire that this blog will somehow encourage at least one person to honor and glorify our Awesome Creator God.  Life here on this earth is so little about me and ALL about Him!  For that, I’m extremely excited.