I was going to add some comments on my last post, and I sort of forgot, plus ran out of time. That poem has spoken volumes to me the last week or so. God has been teaching me to trust Him, and it wasn't until I had come to the place where I committed it all to Him, that I came accross this poem in my Bible. God is Amazing!

School has been going so much better. I'm not really sure why... it just is. I guess some of the students have finally cought on to a few key ellements.

Another adventure of my life is taking trips to Hayward WI. It's been great fun. I went down two weekends in a row, and plan on going again to hear Twila and Jolene sing in the SMBI choir. The first weekend was for Laura's wedding, the second weekend was to visit frinds who were visiting from Oregon. So many good times... long chats deep into the night, perkins, strong coffee, bulletin boards, fire side discussions, and we cant forget making the all famious angel food cake -pudding -whipped topping -fruit stuff.... yummm!

Hope your life is rich with memories. *Amanda

Quote from Ralph for the day. "If you were a hot dog, and you were really hungry, would you eat yourself?" Followed by "If you did, you would be full of yourself."

Wait

By Russell Kelfer



Desperately, helplessly, longingly, I cried:

Quietly, patiently, lovingly, God replied.

I plead and I wept for a clue of my fate…

And the Master so gently said, “Wait.”



“Wait? You say Wait?” my indignant reply.

“Lord, I need answers, I need to know why!”

Is Your hand shortened? Or have You not heard?

By faith I have asked, and I’m claiming Your Word.

My future and all to which I relate

Hangs in the balance, and you tell me to wait?

I am needing a ‘yes,’ a go-ahead sign,

Or even a ‘no,’ to which I’ll resign.

You promised, dear Lord, that if we believe,

We need but to ask, and we shall receive.

Lord, I’ve been asking, and this is my cry:

I’m weary of asking! I need a reply.”



Then quietly, softly, I learned of my fate,

As my Master replied again, “Wait.”

So I slumped in my chair, defeated and taut,

And grumbled to God, “So, I’m waiting… for what?”



He seemed then to kneel, and His eyes met with mine…

And He tenderly said, “I could give you a sign.

I could shake the heavens and darken the sun.

I could raise the dead and cause the mountains to run.

I could give all you seek, and please you would be.

You’d have what you want, but you wouldn’t know Me.



“You’d not know the depth of My love for each saint.

You’d not know the power that I give to the faint.

You’d not learn to see through clouds of despair;

You’d not learn to trust just by knowing I’m there.

You’d not know the joy of resting in Me

When darkness and silence are all you can see.



You’d never experience the fullness of love

When the peace of My Spirit descends like a dove.

You would know that I give and I save, for a start,

But you’d not know the depth of the beat of My heart.

The glow of My comfort late into the night,

The faith that I give when you walk without sight,

The depth that’s beyond getting just what you ask

From an infinite God who makes what you have last.

You’d never know, should your pain quickly flee,

What it means that ‘My grace is sufficient for thee.’

Yes, your dearest dreams overnight would come true,

But, oh, the loss! If I lost what I’m doing in you!



“So, be silent, My child, and in time you will see

That the greatest of gifts is to truly know Me.

And though oft My answer seems terribly late,

My most precious answer of all is still, “Wait.”

Success

Success

When all seems lost, and ends in vain

When all I’ve done does not attain

When I’ve tried my best and only fail

And in the end I sit and wail


Then I will pray and ask for strength

From God alone who won’t forsake

All my worries, my hopes and fears

And hears my cries and sees my tears


I’ll get back up and try again

With strength from God, so I can win

Success is not what I can do

It’s growing when I fail too

little things

I've been trying to post a picture of my school students, but it's not working. I guess that's what I get for not using wireless. I guess I'll have to try another time.
School is finally starting to get a little comfortable. It's becoming enjoyable, and I can look at my kids and smile at their little antics. There are still moments....
Today my second graders were talking about God being everywhere, and one of them said, "Yep God is everywhere, He's in all the cracks." It made me smile, the simple child like explanation.
Whatever you're doing today... look for little things that God is giving you, to make you smile.