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| So I was on facebook....and I noticed a friend of mine status saying "____ is trusting God to shift things around today and make things work in my favor."
And I thought to myself... how often do I only come to God when I want Him to fix something? Way too much. He desires to be more than a safety net or comforting thought. I shouldn't be coming to Him only when I am needing Him to change a situation or make it go my way... I should also be praising Him for the day, for the gift of life, for His unending love for me (wow). So obvious, but yet, so easy to forget.
Thanks for the reminder today, Lord, even on facebook!
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| hello again!:) hi everyone,
just wanted to update you on what is going on in my vida. not a whole lot different. i'm loving be married and being with aaron every day. he's an awesome husband. i have no real complaints. and when i do complain, smack me. ;)
student teaching is going spectacular. i can't believe how FAST the semester is going... i seriously get a little sad when i think of leaving.... may 2. :( right now i am teaching everything but science, which i pick up next week. it's good - my teacher gives me lots of feedback when a lesson goes great, ok, and horrible (thankfully, only one lesson went bad bad *shudder*).
we are going to be aunt & uncle again soon! aaron's bro & his wife are expecting a little girlie any day now. she was supposed to be here by march 11, but we are still waiting!!!
i'm going to be applying for some jobs around here and some other places...so we'll see how that goes... i really, really need to get on the ball with that.
things God has been teaching me:
-be thankful for what i have
-don't complain about anything
-be more a servant
-He loves me dearly and will never stop caring for me
-He has given me a heart for kids and teaching and that is one of many places He wants me to shine.
-even though i think i suck, He sees my potential and wants me to as well
that's about it that is going on to put it quick - if you really wanna know more, my # hasn't changed! :) or stop by any evening.
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| starting on another step in life...well, i'm starting student teaching tomorrow. i was pretty nervous... but now i'm more excited and ready to be done and "officially" graduated. it should be fun though. tomorrow i'm bringing the book "skippyjon jones" to read to the kiddos... i hope they like it! :)
we still haven't heard from south dakota yet... so i don't know what's going to happen there. i hope we hear something soon, good or bad.
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| Well, I made it through my first week of marriage. And no complaints. :) I felt a little homesick yesterday when reality hit me that my life as I knew it will never be the same. It was a little frighteningly at first; not at all in a regretful way, just in a having to get used to a new surrounding way. Right now it's great because Aaron doesn't go back to work till the 7th and I don't start till the 14th. I'm excited and really nervous to start teaching. But, they're first-graders, they can't be that bad...right? :) Aaron should find out this week about the job up in South Dakota. If he does get it, he (or maybe we...) will most likely be moving there in March. But we'll see. It's all in God's hands, right? :)
It was good to be back in church today....the past few months have been so crazy, I don't remember hardly going to church.... but it was good today, the message was alright, it was about getting to know your church. But the music worship service was really good. I enjoyed it and am confident our God did too. :)
I really like being in Lincoln and being with Aaron all the time. He's a great husband to me. I love being able to serve him. Our wedding day itself was everything I could've hoped for. Everything was beautiful. I have 3 favorite parts, in order of how they happened...1) when I was walking down the aisle and Luis was singing "I Love You"; 2) The gospel message being made clear as daylight to over 200 people; and 3) the circle of prayer, where we had all our family and whatever friends wanted to come forward, and pray for us.
Laura was amazing too. I am so happy that she was there and all that she did. There were so many "little things" that she did that I didn't even know about that people came and told me how much they appreciated her. So, Laura, if you read this...THANK YOU. You are so dear to me. I love you!
Ok, I could probably write all night about how happy I am and all, but I won't do that to you. ;) I hope and pray you all have a very safe and happy new year!
*Blessings*
~Monica Blank (how strange is that?!) ;)
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| please forgive my rantings...i feel so burned out...and what sucks is that i want to write what i feel and what i want, but i feel like i will hurt or confuse people, so i won't. i'll just bottle it inside for a day and forget about it....i'll almost cry, the tears will come up, but they won't fall down. i won't let them.
i want so badly to just say what i'm thinking... but what if it doesn't come out right? you'll misunderstand me. and then not only will i be confused, you will be too.
i know tomorrow everything will be fine again, because that's the way i work.
i'm scared if i say what it is that i want, i'll sound selfish or ungrateful. and besides, if i say what i want, then it wouldn't matter, because then it would happen, but it'd be forced.
(now do you see how selfish i am?)
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