back to the real world....

tomorrow we (the teachers) start back to work. we have in services. i have been trying to get my body into the groove of getting up earlier. does getting up at 8:30 count if all summer you have been waking up at 10:30? i don't think so.

well i have to be at my school at 8:00, yes that's a.m. so that means i will be getting up at 6:15. wow! it was even hard for me to type that. i know that all of you are boo-hooing for me. i know you have young children or have been working all summer. i feel the love and sympathy flowing through the computer. anyway i am kind of ready, because i do love my job. it will be nice to get to meet the two new teachers that are going to be working in our building, as 4th grade teachers.

reading the bible twice a day is going good. i actually have begun trying to memorizing scripture. i am now at psalms 130. i have been here a few days. i do that sometimes. i stay on certain scriptures sometimes for a long time. i have been on this particular scripture for three days. here it is.

I wait for the Lord, my soul waits,
and in his Word i put my hope,
My soul waits for the Lord,
more than watchmen wait for the morning,
more than the watchmen wait for the morning.
Psalm 130: 5

o.k. o.k. i actually missed 6 words, but hey that's a great start.
i was reading back over my journal this morning and found one of my favorite scriptures. i think it bears repeating.

You will guard him and keep him in perfect and constant peace
because his mind is stayed on You,because he commits himself to
You,and leans on You,and hopes confidently on You.
Isaiah 26:3