A Spattering of Thoughts

Dude, where have I been!? 

It's 8 days into February and here I am just sitting down to blog...

And since time is of the essence (and I'm going to be rushing for work here in a little bit) I think I will just give you a random sampling of what's on my mind today. 

I'm grateful for Monday - the start of a fresh, new week.

Although I'm grateful for the beauty of the snow, I am NOT looking forward to the next few days of driving to work in it!

My daddy is the BEST because he takes care of me so well (even from 3 hours away :-) 

We wrote our first "lesson plan" in class today. Once you get nailed down what lesson you want to convey to the kids, the angles for presenting it are endless! Is there a way to "train" yourself to think out of the box?? 

I want to do more writing than I have been. I miss it. Just a good poem, or a lil story... anything. 

We have SMF tonight. I love Student Missionary Fellowship! And tonight a gentleman from Japan is speaking, if I read that right.... 

My camera needs batteries. I have some rechargeable ones in my desk - but sadly, nothing to recharge them with!

Super bowl party last night with Rachel J. was tons of fun! I really do need to follow the sports world better. Maybe this year I will officially "adopt" a team to cheer for. (Any intelligent suggestions?) 

In the words of Jesus: "Without me, you can do nothing." How am I doing on "abiding"? It's a sad thing to reach the end of a day and realize, "Wow, I took all the credit for the things I did today, without setting God as the center of it." Like that verse that says that the wicked, in the pride of his heart, does not seek after God; God is not in all his thoughts. 

God is really trying to teach me DEPENDENCE. I can sense it. 

I better get off here and get much more done before heading off to play with my kiddos! (aka work with the public school munchkins. They never cease to amaze me.) 

Thanks for listening to my RANDOMOSITY! :-) Have yourself a super good day! (and if you happen to reside in Iowa, drive safe in all this snow....