If you read the title and started to break out in song... then YAY I did my job. I get emails from one of my favorite authors every Wednesday. Her blog is called Coffee for the heart and her name is Holley Gerth. Every Wednesday God uses her to speak directly to my heart. She shared her an excerpt from new book set to release in October and the first line caught my eye. Yesterday I had a tough day at work and sometimes it feels like I am not cut out to do my job well. I was feeling like life was beating me up and I was SOO ready to throw in the towel. Then I read the first line of her excerpt and it was like God ignited a fire in my soul. It doesn't mean my job or circumstance changed but the change in attitude helped me see that I can finish this race or in my case my job that God has set before me. I went through a similar experience in 2014 when I taught in North Minneapolis. I saw how God built in me perseverance and brought me through the flame when I thought I would...
This past weekend I got the chance to up north. I mean beyond Duluth up to Lutsen and even to Grand Marais for a day. If you have never been you must take a chance and go there. I loved it up there and I got to see God's glorious creation. Our cabin was on Lake Superior and it was so beautiful. Lutsen Sea Villas I think I spend the majority of my time sitting on the rocks to listen to the waves. Then the Holy Spirit convicted me of the discontentment I was battling and how it was hindering my relationship with God. I just wanted to be a full time teacher or have a long term sub job. Let's get real: We always want more and that is what I wanted. I wanted God to bless me with a job right now. FINALLY He got my attention and I SURRENDERED it all!! I gave it to God and said "let your will be done. Let your desires be my desires. " Then this light breeze blew across the lake and I can't describe the abudance of peace I felt. I knew it was from my Hevanly Fa...
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