It’s hard to work around people who are doing their jobs all wrong. It’s hard to be a worker when you were once a supervisor. It’s hard to be a teacher when you once trained them. I chose to be where I am. But, how can I keep my mouth shut when mostly all of the teachers around me don’t know what they’re doing? Letter of the week. Bogus. Teacher created art instead of art done freely by the children. Bogus.
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| — | Joseph Campbell (via kimikimkim) |
I’m not the girl I used to be.
Those who knew me long ago wouldn’t know me now.
Mistakes and heartaches, I’ve had a few.
I’ve been made new.
Trials and tribulations have made me strong.
Endurance pulls me through.
My God’s been with me all the while.
I’ve been made new.
I sit here quietly to hear the thoughts, so I’ll know what to do.
God speaks to me and I hear him now.
Cause, I’ve been made new.
When I come to the Lord after I’ve blown it, I’ve only one argument to make. It’s not the argument of the difficulty of the environment that I am in. It’s not the argument of the difficult people that I’m near. It’s not the argument of good intentions that were thwarted in some way.
I come to the Lord with only one appeal; his mercy. I’ve no other defense. I’ve no other standing. I’ve no other hope. I can’t escape the reality of my biggest problem; me! So I appeal to the one thing in my life that’s sure and will never fail. I appeal to the one thing that guaranteed not only my acceptance with God, but the hope of new beginnings and fresh starts. I appeal on the basis of the greatest gift I ever have or ever will be given.
I leave the courtroom of my own defense, I come out of hiding and I admit who I am. But I’m not afraid, because I’ve been personally and eternally blessed. Because of what Jesus has done, God looks on me with mercy. It’s my only appeal, it’s the source of my hope, it’s my life. Mercy, mercy me!
| — | Paul David Tripp, Whiter Than Snow: Meditations on Sin and Mercy (via kimikimkim) |
I have a to do list in my head.
I’m off work today and do not have a baby to watch.
This would be the perfect day to cross some things off of my list of things to do in preparation Christmas.
Instead, I sit at the computer, put another log on the fire, eat some chips, get something to drink, read anything I can get my hands on, pick up after my son, find another load of clothes to wash, and then start from the first on the list again.
I read about people wrapping gifts on facebook, and I sit here knowing I have not a gift bought to wrap.
I really having trouble caring. I really don’t even know what to buy. I’ll just continue with the above repeated tasks and watch it snow.
It seems so silly to go buy things just to buy them.
I can celebrate christ’s birth any day I want to and it doesn’t have to be with gifts.
