Ramblings
So I just saw Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Oh boy! It was ok but I feel like I've just had an hour and a half of my life sucked out of me and I'm not quite sure what I saw. It was weird...yeah I'll leave it at that. But it was a great time spent with one of my roomies and it was free at that since she had gift tickets.
This first week of preschool has been a challenging one. I am excited about my new kids but I realize I was used to kids who knew the rules and were ready for kindergarten, so now I am relearing how to start over again. But I absolutly have a blast with the kids and need to continue to remeber that it is a gift that God has allowed me to be a part of their lives.
We decided (or should I say I decided) to name our class the Eagles. I like it one because eagles are beautiful and two for a stroy I heard not to long ago about how mamma eagles teach their children how to fly. It was told by a man who has 7 kids. He said that eagles build their nest way up high on a cliff. When it is the babies time to learn how to fly the mamma pushes them out of the nest. The baby falls for a while then the mother comes underneath them and bears them up. Then she lets them fall...then bears them up again. This contiues over and over again until the baby realizes that they have wings like the mamma and starts to use them to soar. He used this example to show how we are to teach our cheildren to leave the "nest". He had written over all his children's doors "these eagles were made to soar!'
This is what I see when I look at the children in my classroom. I with them for such a short time of their life and I want them to be prepared for the big bad world they will be entering. I want them to be able to start building a sure foundation so when the cares of this world inevitably come against them they will be able to stand firm in who God is and not be destroyed.
Life outside of work is about the same. The team picture that you saw on here is the team of people "family" that I serve with here in Boulder. We are learning what it means to live in community with the common goal of becoming more like Christ in all that we do. This is a sad time for us as one of the guys is moving back to Texas in less than a week. I am so happy for him and his chance to see where God is taking him next. But I am very sad that it has to be so far away. I know that there will be lots of tears shed in this next week and I would appreciate your prayer and we all learn how to say goodbye together.
My heart has been burdened today but those are usually good times for prayer. I find that on days like today I am much closer to the Lord and much more in communication with Him for others.
Well that's all for tonight Thanks for reading my ramblings!
This first week of preschool has been a challenging one. I am excited about my new kids but I realize I was used to kids who knew the rules and were ready for kindergarten, so now I am relearing how to start over again. But I absolutly have a blast with the kids and need to continue to remeber that it is a gift that God has allowed me to be a part of their lives.
We decided (or should I say I decided) to name our class the Eagles. I like it one because eagles are beautiful and two for a stroy I heard not to long ago about how mamma eagles teach their children how to fly. It was told by a man who has 7 kids. He said that eagles build their nest way up high on a cliff. When it is the babies time to learn how to fly the mamma pushes them out of the nest. The baby falls for a while then the mother comes underneath them and bears them up. Then she lets them fall...then bears them up again. This contiues over and over again until the baby realizes that they have wings like the mamma and starts to use them to soar. He used this example to show how we are to teach our cheildren to leave the "nest". He had written over all his children's doors "these eagles were made to soar!'
This is what I see when I look at the children in my classroom. I with them for such a short time of their life and I want them to be prepared for the big bad world they will be entering. I want them to be able to start building a sure foundation so when the cares of this world inevitably come against them they will be able to stand firm in who God is and not be destroyed.
Life outside of work is about the same. The team picture that you saw on here is the team of people "family" that I serve with here in Boulder. We are learning what it means to live in community with the common goal of becoming more like Christ in all that we do. This is a sad time for us as one of the guys is moving back to Texas in less than a week. I am so happy for him and his chance to see where God is taking him next. But I am very sad that it has to be so far away. I know that there will be lots of tears shed in this next week and I would appreciate your prayer and we all learn how to say goodbye together.
My heart has been burdened today but those are usually good times for prayer. I find that on days like today I am much closer to the Lord and much more in communication with Him for others.
Well that's all for tonight Thanks for reading my ramblings!