New Year/Transitions

Well, it will soon be 09. I don't know what all will happen. I am planning on getting through the first semester back at school. I am planning to be a teacher. I don't know what struggles I will have. I don't know what roadblocks, potholes, or traffic jams I will go through. All I can say is that I am ready. Bring it on. I am thouroughly excited and dreaming of the day I start teaching. Though I know it will not be as easy as I might think. These are individuals that I will have an influence on, I hope, and possibly make a difference in their lives. And I am sure that their lives will influence mine. I desire to work with inner city (at risk) kids because, I feel that I can connect with them. I just really feel called to this position for some reason. Please pray for me.

So, what are goals? I feel that in order to do life adequatly, you have to have goals. Even if you do not nessecarily reach them, they can propel you into something that you would have otherwise missed. I think about Jesus and the goal set before him. He was determined to carry out this goal, or call if you will. He did not let anyone, or anything stop this. Peter tried, Mary tried, even Satan tried. But through it all, he focused on what He was called to do. I know, you have heard this over and over and over. So have I, but it grips me. It keeps me coming back to the Gospel. I think the reason why is because this is the model set before us. We have to try and reach or attain our goals. That doesn't mean that their won't be obsticles along the way. That just means that we have to be alert and on point. So many beat themselves up everyday, because they do not feel they are good enough. So many Christians are the same way. The truth is, we can never be perfected and we can never perfect by ourselves. It is constant and persistant prayer, meditation, and relationship with our Father. I believe that has kept me going through all of my shtuff. We all have issues even if we are perfectly moral. If we don't have Christ at our center, we have nothing. I know some perfectly moral non-christians and some not so moral Christians. So there is no getting around it, we need God! You can't be perfect. You can't be without flaw or blemmish. But the One true Creator who is above us all loves us! He wants to wash away our sins, our imperfections, and our flaws. But we have to come to Him. We have to trust Him in faith. We have to hear His voice in our Hearts and minds. This is how we will prevail through lifes trials. My hope in this his that God will touch all our lives deeply and divinely.

Peace ><>