Chicks and Concert

Well this week had some highlights to it. First, on Tuesday my 3rd grade class had 11 chicks hatch! I honestly did not think any of them would hatch. Sure enough though all my long hours of coming in over the weekends to turn the eggs by hand paid off. :) They were chirping all day in class and it was so distracting. Kids were getting up out of their seats to "blow their nose" and look at the chicks all day. We did take them out and play with them one day. The students got to name the chicks.

I also went to the Michael W. Smith, Meredith Andrews, and Matt Maher concert in town this week. I haven't been to a concert in forever. It was a lot of fun. In fact, it may have been exactly what I needed this week.....a time of just pure worship. I really liked Matt Maher's new song "Alive Again." Check it out! :)

On the Go

I'm pretty sure I've been on the road traveling somewhere the past 5 weekends and it doesn't look like it's going to stop anytime soon with judging, the holidays, and seeing friends. This weekend, I was a little weary of driving from place to place and not being home to get my life organized. Yet sometimes it's in those moments of being so busy and on the go that I find the comfort of knowing that I can come weary to Jesus and he will sustain me. This weekend proved to be no exception. I was invited up to Chicago to hang out with some friends and while a part of me felt a bit overwhelmed with the amount of school work that needed to be done, I went anyways. I thought I would come home more exhausted, but I actually came home refreshed. I think it was a combination of a few things. 1. Driving- I am such a person who needs time to just reflect on life and driving gives me that time in the car to just think about life. Driving is my Jesus time. So for that reason, I'm thankful that I've had driving time lately, because there as been some sweet Jesus time. 2. Community-sometimes living alone fuels this selfishness that I tend to draw towards. This weekend I spent time with some incredible people who I barely even knew , that were so kind to me, and it was such an encouragement to my heart. 3. Safety- I live a safe life. I am not one who likes to step outside of my safe life. Yet, I've been challenged lately not live out of fear. As I was traveling back home this weekend, I was proud of myself that I had chosen to put the fear of the unknown aside and actually had enjoyed my time with new people. It may be a small step in this journey, but I've learned in life that a step of any kind forward is to be not taken for granted. Small steps are big steps in life....and because of that I feel renewed in life at this current moment.