Happy Friday!

What a day! At school there were so many things going on it was hard to concentrate on academics. We had “purple out” in support of TCU where even die hard Longhorn fans proudly wore their purple shirts today! Children were taken on a limousine ride to CiCi’s Pizza for lunch for selling the most boxes of cookie dough. My class began the day at 8:15 jumping in a bounce house for 45 minutes for meeting or exceeding their reading goals for the six weeks. The day ended with the children presenting me with cupcakes, a great card and gift to celebrate my birthday tomorrow. I will be 54 years old. These kinds of days are exciting for the students and very tiring for teachers! (especially those of us who are getting a bit older!)

Tonight, we gathered around the table for dinner and celebrated my birthday a day early. Travis has to work and will be attending the TCU/Utah football game and Geni is volunteering in Denton tomorrow. It was a great evening.

Matthew 6:8 “Be not like others; for your Father knows what things you need before you ask Him.”

Christmas has traditionally been spent with my Mom and Dad. There is always tons of food and far more leftovers than Mom and Dad could ever eat, so many years ago Mom started buying Ziploc containers prior to the Christmas Feast. After everyone left then she would break out the plastic containers in anticipation of us taking home the Christmas dinner leftovers. It is a practice that continues to the present time. Mom always knew that the time between Christmas and the next pay day for a teacher was quite a stretch and she knew we needed the extra groceries to get through the holidays.

God wants us to count on Him. His Word tells us to “Come unto Him.” God wants us to take all of our problems and issues to Him and be totally surrendered to Him. God does not ask for just the really difficult situations, though. God wants to help us in solving every problem. God wants us to “come unto Him” for the calming of the storms in our lives, for the all we need; the spiritual, mental, emotional and physical. God loves us so much that He wants to help and be a part of every part of our lives. God wants us to “come unto Him” for everything. God knows what we need before we even know we need it and He desires our faith in Him to ask for help to “come unto Him.”

Take joy in the journey; wear comfortable shoes (and a purple shirt!). Come unto the Lord with everything, no matter how small or large the request or situation and allow God’s faithfulness and love to comfort and care for each of us and meet our needs. 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.

PS Go Frogs!!