The Bubbly blogger

" Allow Jesus to fill your heart with a perfect love that casts out all fear and causes you to walk in boldness and confidence . There is no weapon formed against you that can prosper. ... We are never without hope because we are never without Jesus." Devotional from the You version Bible App  I have been thinking a lot about worry and lack of control. It always seem to happen after a job interview or an interaction with someone that I think I said something wrong. I stew about the mistake for so long that I drown out His voice. You know the Holy Spirit's whisper.   This happened to me yesterday when I was driving home and I felt like I could have done better or said more. That's when I realized that what the Enemy wanted me to think and obsess over because then I am taking control of my life. I heard " Be still, not your control, my control" whisper over my heart. I started mediating on Psalm 46:10 " Be still and know that I am God, I will exalted

What's the boat you are afraid to step out of? That's the question my pastor asked me and the rest of the people in church today.  We have been studying Matthew 14 and what led up to the disciples getting in the boat before the storm came. Today we studied the same story in Matthew 8.  18  When Jesus saw the crowd around him, he gave orders to cross to the other side of the lake.   19  Then a teacher of the law came to him and said, “Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.” 20  Jesus replied,  “Foxes have dens and birds have nests, but the Son of Man  has no place to lay his head.” 21  Another disciple said to him, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.” 22  But Jesus told him,  “Follow me,  and let the dead bury their own dead.” When my pastor first asked me that question, I instantly thought of a physical place that I would consider my boat: my house or the Twin Cities to get broader. As many of you know I am looking for a teaching job right now. I h

Dreams: we all have them! Sometimes we have the same ones from when we were little, but most of the time they change as we grow up. I love that God knows what we are going to dream and desire but that he ultimately has the best plans in store for us. The reason this topic was on my mind was because I was talking to my best friend about how this summer is so different than last summer. Last summer was a hard summer. I had just come out of three long term sub jobs, 2 of which were at the same school. I was hoping and praying they would hire me on after the school year was over. Unfortunately that didn't happen.  So I ended up spending the whole summer applying for jobs on top of being a nanny for two difficult kids. I think I applied for over thirty job across 8 school districts and 3 charter/private schools. Toward the end of the summer I went to 3 or 4 interviews. On my last interview it was for a second grade position and I even got a call back. I set my hopes on getting

So my family and I just got back from taking a vacay in San Fransico, California We were gone for a week, I wish it could have been longer. Oh well, we had a wonderful time!

If you know me, you know that I love to run. I can't run fast and I don't like to run long distances.  But the reason I run, besides wanting the exercise, is to connect with God and to practice perseverance in a tangible way. I recently purchased new NIKE running shoes and love them which motivates me even more to run. I only run 5ks right now but hope to run a 10k and eventually a half marathon soon. I guess the reason I explain my reasons for running is because today I got caught running in the rain. I planned on doing a longer run since I have a 5k coming up and want to be in shape for it. As soon as I started on the walk with my mom it started raining. She turned around to go back home where as I kept running. When I was running I felt like the Lord was cleansing me from all my negative thoughts. With every step I took, more peace came and the hard thoughts fell away. It was super invigorating. Then I get back from the run and of course the thoughts come flooding ba