I've been thinking....

So I've been thinking... the only thing that makes life worth living is Jesus Christ. Yes I did just throw that out there, but really it's true. Why do I get up in the morning? Why do I have such amazing family and friends? Why have I gone through trials ? Why was I allowed to go through college and get a great job? Why do I lose my phone every time I go some where? Why do I have a husband who loves Jesus, but friends at work who may not know Him?

It all comes back to just one thing......Him.

Yes I know Christ is so controversial these days, but that's just silly. Anyway here is where all this is going.... Do you ever feel like you are waiting until the right time to "go all out" for Jesus.

Like for example, Aaron and I have this thing that is very close to our hearts. Tithing. yea yea, the 10% thing you say. No, more than that. We like to give our tithe to people who are in need. In other words we are "THOSE PEOPLE." The ones at church who don't put money in the plate every time it is passed around.

We are just very practical in this area. I mean if I know a friend who can't afford to pay the electric bill this month, why not pay it for them. And what if it is more than 10%???? Are we willing to give out of our poverty just as we would right after we got paid?

Don't take this as us tooting our horn, because there have been 101 and time that I have second guessed what God would have me do, and therefore missed a chance to change someone's life. Here is my point.......... I am not going to wait anymore for the RIGHT moment to do something, or the perfect time to bless someone. FORGET IT!!!

EVERY DAY, EVERY MINUTE, EVERY HOUR.......I am going to find a way to let other people know that they are loved and they are worth it!!!

The first things that pop into my mind......
1. Go buy 20 dollars worth of breakfast sandwiches on Sat. morning and hand them out to whoever, people in line, people on the street.......whoever
2. Make sure my friends at work know they are loved by Jesus Christ himself, even if they think I am a Bible beater, goodie goodie, whatever! ITS WORTH IT!
3. Call my grandmothers and tell them I love them.
4. Make sure my husband knows He is the best husband in the world!
5. Send my friends some mail, REAL hand written MAIL!!!


I'm sure I will think of some more, but in the mean time.......DON'T WAIT!

Go bless someone! WHY you ask........I dunno, just blame it on HIM!!

HAVE A VERYYYYY HAPPY WEEK, and make sure someone else does too!!!

ITS PLAYOFF TIME!!

Aaron is in San Angelo this weekend with the track girls at Regionals and I am about to walk out the door to go to Abilene to scout softball while my softball children are playing El Paso in the first round of the playoffs today!

Say a prayer for success and safety for all our girls!!! Hopefully we will finish this weekend with Aaron's track girls going to STATE and mine off to the next round!!!

23 more days of school........by the way :)

HAPPY FRIDAY!!

WIIIIIINDY!!!

OH MY GOODNESS! Just a little weather update from west Texas.....

FREEZING today with the wind blowing like CRAZY!!!

but every other day this week has been ya know, 85!

and.....

I went to watch Sayre Grace play t-ball today, and I don't know if you watch t-ball very often, but it was the cutest thing I have ever seen. Not only are they ALL tiny with these massive helmets, ha! but sometimes instead of throwing the ball to first base they would race the batter to first base. So you clearly put your best player at pitcher. If a ball were to make it to the outfield it looked like a little kids soccer game.......race to the ball! hahaha, I can just picture the little rascals running to see who could get there first.

Aww! They were so precious!!
I love the innocence of kids!

Sayre Grace you did so good, and were lookin stylish with your pink and purple glove!!

Woah! It HAS been that long!!

Goodness! Where have we been? The answer to that... on the track, at Estacado, maybe at 82nd Street Cafe......or on the softball field, or even in a classroom at Coronado....any of the above would be a fair guess. But just know that it has been fun! and speaking of fun......YEA FOR SPRING!! Doesn't it make you smile when everything is turning green and flowers are blooming? I just LOVE it! Maybe it really is because of the warm weather and God's glory seeming to shine through, but I would by lying if I said it had nothing to do with the fact that there are 33 days of school left.

I have heard a lot of neat quotes or uplifting ideas lately...I don't know what it is recently, but they seem to all come around the same time. So just thought I would share!


Tell the truth.....all the time. (This guy said, I'll take an honest person over a hip one any day...honesty lasts forever, hip it temporary.) pretty good point!

"Don't tell people how to live their lives, tell them stories and they will figure out how that applies to their life." Sounds like everyone's grandmother doesn't it?

I heard a guy with REALLY BAD cancer say, " Sometimes you walk off the football field and you gave absolutely everything you had, but the score did not turn out how you wanted it." He said, "I am not going to beat this cancer, but I am going to give absolutely everything I have until it is time for me to walk off the field." ( This was the most fun positive person I had seen, despite his condition!)

What a great perspective on life! If you are interested in his book, it is called The Last Lecture. I can't think of the author's name, but I will get that to you!

It is fun learning new perspectives and becoming incredibly thankful for each "tiny moment" that we are given each day.

My tiny moments today were....

Singing LOUD in the car on the way to work.
Laughing with my students in class.
dodging a softball thrown at me and not the person CATCHING IN! ha
and...
having my husband come home and kiss me on the lips!!!
all of this making me realizing God is perfect and loves us oh so much! GOODNESS!

What was the best part about your day?