Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Happy Monday! (note:email failure kept this from being posted last night)

When it gets to the remaining two weeks of school, two things occur: First, teachers live by the check off list, and second, students are not really sensitive to the list! There are so many things to do in the last two weeks. There are final reports to submit, last tests to give, rooms to pack away and final grades to collect, average and submit! As my brother used to say, “We just want to keep them between the walls.”

A piece of awesome news! Burton Hill Elementary School is being rated Exemplary again this year. Way to go students and teachers! We are so proud of our students and their hard work and the tenacity of the teachers who demand and expect nothing less than the best of themselves and their students. Congratulations on a job very well done!

2 Corinthians 3:5 “Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think anything as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God.”

Think back to the scene at the Sermon on the Mount. It was sort of the first recorded potluck lunch. Jesus told the Disciples to feed the crowd. The Disciples looked at Jesus like He had two heads and did not have a clue as to how to begin to feed this enormous crowd. They made excuses as to not having enough money to even begin to feed this crowd. They also knew they themselves did not have enough food to share to feed the crowd. The disciples looked around and saw a small boy with enough lunch for himself; just a couple of loaves of bread and a few fish. The disciples saw deficiency and Jesus saw abundance. Jesus knew that blessing what this little boy had in front of the crowd would cause the crowd to look at what they had and share their abundance with those around them.

Have you ever noticed how a church potluck dinner always works? The varieties of food may not be even, but there is always enough. There might not be enough to fill you up, but there is always enough to eat to be satisfied.

Jesus’ message was twofold on that day. First, Jesus had to show the disciples to stop seeing what they did not have and begin looking at what they did. They had Jesus. For just a few moments they doubted their teacher and were trying to rely on their own insufficiency instead of basking in the abundance of God through Jesus. Second, Jesus modeled through breaking the bread that everyone would be able to be fed if they would just share what they had. They, too, had Jesus. When Jesus broke the bread before them it was a foretelling of the feast to come. God sent Jesus for everyone and there was enough “Jesus” to go around.

Take joy in the journey. Wear comfortable shoes, count your blessings and say your prayers. Love you all, Bruce, Gaylene, Geni and Travis.

Gcapplenotes@aol.com

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.

Prayer alert! The biopsies came back as basal cell carcinoma. Dr. Grice made an appointment for me with a MOHS Cancer surgeon named Dr. Martinelli. The appointment is for this Thursday afternoon. I think it is a consultation. I will let you know as things develop. Thank you all for your continued prayers. Peace, gc

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