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I love the beginning of school! I love preparing my classroom and getting everything organized for the upcoming year. But most of all I love buying new school supplies. I have a weakness for pens, pencils, and especially Post-It Notes! I could spend hours in the school supply aisles of Wal-Mart. I think the love of supplies is partly why I became a teacher.
However, as I laid in bed mulling over how to arrange my room and the new supplies I needed, I was reminded of a promise...that I am in fact, something new as well.
Now we look inside, and what we see is that anyone united with the Messiah gets a fresh start, is created new. The old life is gone; a new life burgeons!
--2 Corinthians 5:17
In my Father's eyes I am no longer that chewed up, scuffed up, broken-in-half pencil. But because of His grace, He has transformed me into a brand new shiny, yellow number two pencil--without the bite marks and dingy eraser. And now because He has given me that fresh start and He lives inside of me, I get to share His love with precious first graders five days a week!
Well, I have started blogging. Mike seems to think that blogs are only for those couples with children, and since we don't have any, with the exception of our dog, I must be wasting my time. However, contrary to his belief, I don't think I am wasting my time and like every good and supportive wife, I am out to prove him wrong. :) Ha! (Like that really ever happens.)
"Peas and Carrots" you ask?? Well, I couldn't think of anything clever and since Mike doesn't seem to support this project, I was on my own. One of our favorite movies is Forrest Gump and at one point Forrest describes his relationship with Jenny like "peas and carrots." While we were still dating Mike would say frequently in his best Forrest voice, "We go together like peas and carrots." And I happen to agree!
