Sorry it has been so long. Someone ;) asked the other day to make sure I am keeping up with this. It's not that I haven't been thinking about it, in fact I have been thinking a lot. That is what this post is all about. I just personally like posts with pictures. So, for those of you like me sorry, no pictures this time just the thoughts in my head.
My Job: The past few weeks I have been going through training. I can't begin to tell you how extremely impressed I am with Bright Horizons! Four years ago when I started working in the real world of Early Childhood Education. I came to believe that all those things I learned in college and all those dreams I had of what my classroom would look like and be like only happened in a Utopian society. I was ready to give up on my dream of teaching. However, I have come to learn that dreams do come true. There are Early Childhood settings that are child driven. Where teachers are reminded to ask the question "Why not?" instead of just saying this is the way it's done. Bright Horizons is a place where children are encouraged to be themselves and do what they like to do. Therefore, we have few behavior issues and a lot of learning going on. Here the teachers are told constantly that they are at the top of the hierarchy and treated like so. I am having to change my old ways of thinking and it has been challenging for me, but in a good way. I have the job of my dreams! I feel so blessed to have found it! My dream is that one day all educational experiences will be this great! Any other teachers feeling burnt out?
Church: Well, Patrick and I are still searching for a church we can call home here in St. Louis. We have have found those that we like pieces and parts of. We know we will never find the perfect church and that church isn't all about us. However, Patrick told me something that really made me think today. He said when he looks for a good church he thinks, what if I were not a Christian and this Sunday was my only time ever going to church. Would I want to come back? Wow, honestly I got to say that if I weren't already a Christian I would not want to go to church. Let me be honest, I am a Christian, and I haven't wanted to go to church in a while. Right now God gets praised more in my prayers and quiet times. I feel him in a Indelible Grace song, or a conversation with family/friends/Patrick. I felt him at women's night (Man I miss you girls). What are your thoughts on this?
Lessons God is Teaching Me: So, there is one church, where I really like the preaching part of it. The pastor recently talked about realizing how much you need Christ and what he did for you. Therefore, I have been praying that God would help me to see my sin more and hate it more, so that I can value him like I should.
In talking to a 2ND year seminary student one night I was reminded of the verse in James, Anyone, then, who knows the good he ought to do and doesn't do it, sins. We were talking about hard conversations to have with people and how we shouldn't avoid them. That verse came to mind and I was given a new understanding of its meaning. I want to not shy away from those hard conversations.
Finally, pray for me as I am trying to decide if I should go ahead and get my masters in Educational Ministries. With talking to other women I know that it is next to impossible to do it while working a full time job. I am also intimidated by graduate level courses, not to mention the fact that I have no desire to go back to school. I can't help but feel like I should (God?). I just need to make the choice and ask for the strength if it is God's will.
What is God teaching you?
I leave you with another verse God has been placing on my heart: Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will direct your paths. Proverbs 3:5-6
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