Dinner Party Thanx
Just wanted to thank everyone that came to my house for dinner on Saturday night. Thank you for Blessing me with your friendship. Thank you for bringing drinks, and Thank You, JEN for being such a servant and washing all the dishes for me! 'Twas muchas fun! I am blessed with an awesome group of friends! May God bless you guys this week in everything that you say and do for the glory of HIS name!

I KNOW HE Is Teaching Me Something
Coming off this blessed weekend I have to hit the ground running. (this week I HAVE to take the 9th graders on a school trip, Teach, Tutor, Fly to Denver, and I need to Get new tires, go to the dr., Get grades done...) I'm still sick in spite of doing everything but overdosing on cold meds, so I'm thinking I have a sinus infection (YIKES! I've NEVER had that before! I always thought that it was something that only older people got.) So much to get done this week, and I KNOW it will not ALL get done. I know God is teaching me to rely on him in weakness, and humbling me through this. And teaching me to prioritize, but that's so hard, when EVERYTHING seems important in their own realm. It would be VERY easy to get stressed or depressed, but that's just pointless. By God's grace (and that alone) I will press on towards the mark of the High Calling of Jesus! In the power of the Holy Spirit, I will glory in my weakness so that God's power illuminates boldly! I CAN'T do it, BUT God is good and faithful and will work his purpose. I don't think that means that all my plans for this week will come to pass, but God's will! Thanks to the Word of God and Encouragement of friends, I can keep my focus on the Glory of God, and not on silly stuff of this temporal life.

1 Peter 5:7-11
Give all your worries and cares to God, for he cares about what happens to you. Be careful! Watch out for attacks from the Devil, your great enemy. He prowls around like a roaring lion, looking for some victim to devour. Take a firm stand against him, and be strong in your faith. Remember that your Christian brothers and sisters all over the world are going through the same kind of suffering you are. In his kindness God called you to his eternal glory by means of Jesus Christ. After you have suffered a little while, he will restore, support, and strengthen you, and he will place you on a firm foundation. All power is his forever and ever. Amen.