Happy Wednesday!

One of the first grade teachers was surplused today. We were all saddened to lose Jacob. He will clean out his room tomorrow and report to his new school on Friday. That means that the team will absorb Jacob’s class of first graders. So instead of going to my ethics class today I stayed at school and prepared for five new students. Tomorrow will be like the first day of school once again.

James 4:8 “Draw nigh to God, and He will draw nigh to you.”

James 1:17 “Every good and perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.”

This morning the BHE Fellowship group met. We were all concerned about Jacob and how devastated he was going to be at the news that he was going to have to leave our building. We talked about how the team would react. (we all cried at the loss of our colleague) and we prayed for Tammy, our principal, as she was the one to deliver this decision to Jacob. And we prayed for Jacob to be successful wherever his new assignment.

In our time of sharing the Word and a meditation on these two passages, we lifted all of the parties up in prayer and prayed for healing in each of our lives. Our meditation told us to “turn to Me before you are conscious of My nearness.” God tells us to turn to Him in every circumstance. It does not matter to Him if it is a thankful praise, a joyous elation or an appeal for forgiveness when we have been weak. God does not even say we have to speak. We don’t need to bring gifts or platitudes. We just need to bring ourselves in need of His healing grace and claim His nearness. That every good and perfect gift stated in the passage of scripture is the constant nearness of God. How awesome it is to know that the nearness of God is as close as our next breath and all we have to do is claim Him. “Never fear, never lose heart.” The presence of God is all we need.

Take joy in the journey and hug your babies. Love you all, Bruce, Gaylene, Geni and Travis.

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I am not moved by what I see. I am not moved by what I feel. I am moved only by what I believe and I believe God.