I haven't posted in quite a few days hun. It's been a crazy week.

New year started at my job. I am full time at a charter high school teaching social sciences, right up my alley, especially the debate class and the leadership class. I am so pumped about what God is going to do and to see the many doors that will open to the students I will come in contact with. On top of that, I am just waiting on my boss to announce his candidacy for the 2010 election, where I will run my first campaign...I am stoked!

My birthday just passed and whenever birthdays pass, for me atleast, I like to examine my life (you know the drill- see how your accomplishment timeline looks, yadayada). I can't say that I've done much. Yeah, I have been in leadership positions numerous times, I earned a degree, and I can make up a few other things that I have "Done". It's been incredible being in the Word each day, learning and relearning Psalm 119. It has reinforced that this life is not about me! Not by any means. Each step I take, every breath, is a gift from above. My accomplishments pale in comparison to His Statutes. My dreams don't hold water when it comes to His majestic plans. My hurts, hangups, worries and fears don't stand a chance to His Resurrection. Man, how good is God.

As I was in my quiet time in Nan Psalm 119 I read: I have taken an oath and confirmed it, that I will follow your righteous laws.

You know something straight up crazy. Some people are just absolutely terrible at keeping secrets. It doesn't matter how much emphasis you put on the sentence "Don't tell anyone this" sooner or later what you told in confidence gets out. I've known quite a few people like that- not cool. But I'm not focused on those people. What's crazy are those people who hear a really juicy secret and can hold it in til their last day on earth. Wild. Yet, those same people continually break their commitments with God- a commitment it says in Ecclesiastes that you shouldn't just make to make. That's considered folly. A commitment to God, saying Yes to God is the biggest decision anyone can make, it's a matter of life and death, and ought not be taken lightly- yet how many times do I break His Commands and spit on the cross that I 'have committed' myself to serving. It's so much bigger than just keeping a secret! Its an oath with an Almighty God. The God! The Alpha and the Omega! Just typing those words pump me up!

This passage reinforces my passion and commitment to only serve God and to stay true to the oath I have made. Good stuff. God, be a lamp to our feet and guide every step we take, whether it's with our careers, our marriage, or our futures- allow us to fully trust in YOU.

Pray for me as I continue training for the upcoming school year and the nearing campaign- soon work weeks of 50 plus hours will be the norm! Yikes. And babe, you have been working so hard lately- you are Awesome. You rock my socks off. You are my B!

love you bunny!

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