It's been a while since I have posted on here and so I decided that now was as good a time as any to write something new :)
So, life........has lately been insanely and extremely busy, yet wonderful at the same time. School has started again, and my days are now occupied with planning class activities, weekly planning, marking and all the other wonderful things that a person does when they are a teacher. I love my job, I really do, and every afternoon when I head off to school to teach,  I get excited and happy to be able to be with my students. 
Since I am the Language Arts teacher in grade 8 this year, and I am a person who LOVES to read books, my goal this year is to get my students to love reading too. People in this country can hardly fathom why someone would want to read  for pleasure......it's like one of the most boring things they could possibly do with their time.  And yet, for all the people in the world who do like reading, we know for a fact, that nothing is farther from the truth.  I spent a whole 15 minutes the other day trying to get my students excited about reading and telling them about all of the wonderful things they can learn, and the places they can go while reading a book. The best thing? It worked, and they were all excited about reading and they said that wanted to read something. So......I started reading them a Francine Rivers book called, " The Last Sin Eater" and they are loving it! Everytime I come to class carrying the book, they all get excited and work as fast as they can so that we can have a few minutes to read the book. It makes my day every time :)
Other than that, I am busy teaching all my other subjects. Home Ec, English, and I start teaching Drama next week during one of the  three mornings that us highschool teachers work.
Anyway, the other day during our morning devotional time with the Highschool staff, we were praying for our students, and most of all, for unity among the highschool girls. For some reason, they just can't seem to get along and everyone is always fighting over boys. Sometimes, it can' be a little bit frustrating :) and yet we try to understand them, because, well............a few years back ,we were kind of the same :)
However, the other day, during the Devotional time with the students, 4 of the girls who are the "leaders" so to speak, asked to stand up in fronf of the whole student body and ask forgiveness for their behavior. I was shocked to see it, and yet, so very happy at the same time. It's a step in the right direction, and I just pray with my whole heart, that they will continue to take more. I also pray that somehow God would use me to reach out to those girls and to restore unity among all of them. They are all great girls, and I know that together, they could be such a blessing to each other and I want to believe that someday soon, they will be.
My life is crazy, my schedule is hectic and if I could, I would add another 10 hours to my day, so that I could get everything done. But I can't, and yet, sometime during my day I have to make sure that I take time to spend with my heavenly father. Between errands, voice lessons, weekly planning, marking and barely having time to see my friends, God always needs to have room. Some days I am so tired that I would like nothing better than to sleep until Sunday, but I can't and that's just how life goes. And yet, even throughout my day, God is speaking to me and showing me things through my students, through things I read and through songs we sing during our daily devotional time with the students.  He continues to remind me and show me that, He isn't contained to a certain place or time period of my day. He is everywhere and in everything.
He gives me the strength to get through each day and the wisdom and grace to face the challenges and struggles that I face. He gives joy when I can't find any inside of me, and He gives me reason to smile again. His mercies are new every morning and they never fail. No matter how things are,  how good or bad they get, He is constant and He is my steadfast rock. I can always look for Him and I always know that  I will find Him. If I call to Him, He will answer me and He will come to my rescue. What an amazing heavenly Father I have, and I truly couldn't ask for anything more in this life. There is nothing in this world that gets better than having someone who will always be there and who loves unconditionally. It's one of the greatest gifts that I have in life, and may I never take it for granted.
He's faithul,
He's true
He never ever fails.