not enough time....

there is a lot going on inside the mind right now... I have a lot to say... but no time... be waiting for an update in the near future!

Spring Break and other thoughts

So... this week was Spring Break! It was a relaxing week. I was suppose to go to Georgia, but didn't. Which, it all turned out for the best because I went with my mom to Louisville, AL to a funeral of a dear friend of the family, which was an all day event on Tuesday. The rest of the week I have done whatever I pleased. A glimpse into the summer I think. Even though I do need some sort of money making venture this summer... it would be nice to pay some bills off and get back to normal. Instead of living pay check to pay check, since I depleted my savings.

This week has been a texting week as well. My students, spending Spring Break in Various parts of the country, sent me text messages.... And I got to thinking. Texting is an interesting invention. You can have a conversation with someone and never really have a conversation. You are connected at all times, but not really. Your conversations never really end, because as thoughts come into your head... you type them and send them over the airwaves. It is a personally impersonal way to communicate. Yet, people call this sort of communication "talking". It really cracks me up! Because you aren't talking, you are having conversation in the simplest form.... yet it isn't interaction.

I can't believe it is only 8 weeks until exams. This year has flown by! And I have SO much to do in the semester!!!!! I won't be at school any Friday in April!!! The 1st Friday is Youth Legislature, the 2nd is Easter (Good Friday), the 3rd - I am taking my personal day and finally going to Georgia, and the 4th we have State Congress for Forensics!!!! So, really, I only have 1 weekend free in April, and it is Easter Weekend. It will be a whirlwind of a month... and then May comes!!!! Exams start the 15th... we are finished at school on the 21st... and hopefully my room is cleaned by then, and I don't have to return until the beginning of August.

I am enjoying my life at the moment... sometimes I have some empty parts that I would like to fill in the near future.... but we will see what God has in store!

Well, I am wasting my last weekday of Spring Break away, in front of the computer! Go enjoy the sunshine!

It's all in a days work....

SO... what do you do with your day? What do you think about? What do you talk about? What do you listen to? What do you look at? I have been thinking about investments lately... especially with the economy tanking... but not just financially.... investments in the future, in the world, and in God's Kingdom. What investments am I making, or am I just spending everything I have right now?
My class at school has started reading Concentric Circles of Concern. It is a book that I was given by a dear friend and mentor.... then I read it in Seminary.... every time I pick it up I have to think about what influence do I make on the world, if any? Am I attentive to God's appointments in my life to tell others about and show others his love, grace, mercy, and story? OR am I too consumed with the me's... my life... my problems... my issues... the world?
Something to think about... as I go through the week and weekend... what am I doing to make a difference... a God sized difference in the world? Am I doing anything?

This time change is killing me... I am so sleepy throughout the day! Hopefully, next week during Spring Break, my biological time clock can adjust. I cannot believe Spring Break is next week! This school year is flying by! We have 81/2 weeks left before summer. I feel like I have SO much to do between now and then, and inevitably, I will finish early and have to think of something else to do in class. Of course, with Spring Sports, I will probably spend most of the time catching the athletes up, since they miss so much class. Which, I don't really understand. The days get longer, so why not schedule those games that are WAY out of town on Saturdays... rather than taking them out of class. There are a few students who are on top of things and get their work done. But then there are the weaker students.... oh well, I guess I just have to go with the flow.
I think I need to go grab some caffeine before we have club pictures this morning!
I am off to get me a Coke Zero!

March 9, 1991.... My Re-birthday

I can't believe it has been so long - 18 years. But it will be here in a week. I remember that night like it was yesterday. The night I prayed with Beth Saddler to make my commitment to My Lord And Savior Firm, and without questions. At times I feel like such a baby... with so much to learn. I fail EVERYDAY, yet HE shows me His grace and mercy. I neglect my relationship with Him sometimes... and treat Him like my "sugar daddy" of sorts, yet HE patiently waits for me to return and loves on me when I come back. I take my salvation for granted so often, yet He loves me in spite of who I have become, because He created me to worship Him and Him alone. It is time to re-evaluate and refocus. Life has changed so much this year... and I feel like He is on the brink of showing me something Great.... AGAIN!