A New Journey

Day One...Well I finally did it, after much thought and prayer I have decided to start a spiritual blog with all the wonderful and amazing things that God is teaching me in my life. At this point I am sure that the only eyes that will see these thoughts, words and prayers are me and occasionally my husband but I am submitting to God's will and pray that this will become what he wants it to be.

I must admit that I have struggled in my quiet time with the Lord for sometime now. I believe that is what has lead me here. Although I feel that I have been obedient in my time that I spend with the Lord, especially in my intentions, I walk away more times that not with a feeling that I have not truly processed what God had in store for me. Many times the thoughts of my to do list and my anxieties draw me away from the Lord and I find myself off in right field. So here I am, determined to make a commitment to journal through this blog and hopefully reveal what is the Lord is asking of me.

I am so blessed to be a part of a school that focuses it students to the power of God's Truth. This morning at chapel a courageous leader at our school stood before us and revealed some important truths for everyday living using everyday objects. I walked away feeling that if only we could remember these few simple truths, our everyday lives would be much different. I was reminded that I don't only need to speak but rather hold my tongue. James 1:19 says, "Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger" ESV. What trouble I could save myself if only I could produce this verse every time I want to open my big mouth. This lesson is the one that I want to park on a think about for a while and I am sure my husband and my family will appreciate it as well. As I think back to the times when anxieties or hardships really hit hard have been started by a single word or phrase. I teach my students graders that your tongue can do great things (cooking, warmth and light). They can also do really bad things (burn down houses, hurt people and destroy lives). I want to choose to bring warmth and light with my words and I aim to start right now. James 3:5-6 "So also the tongue is a small member, yet it boasts of great things. How great a forest is set ablaze by such a small fire! And the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, staining the whole body, setting on fire the entire course of life, and set on fire by hell." I find it interesting that this is the first thing God set out for me to write about considering it's my tongue that sets forth this new journey of mine, blogging.

Dear Lord, I humbly come before you to submit this blog and my whole life to you. I pray that you will use this journey of words to draw nearer to you and process all the wonderful truths that you provide me through your word, others and my teaching. I thank you for the sacrifice of your Son Jesus Christ, through which I draw my strength and my hopes. In His Name I pray, AMEN!