For Spring Break, we went to Vermont. It was COLD! It seems crazy to some of my friends why I would want to go some where cold, when it is Spring Break, and we should be celebrating WARM weather; especially after the 10 snow days we had right before the break. I am so glad we went, though. It was wonderful. My awesome son learned to ski, and I learned to snowshoe. Don't laugh! Snowshoeing is not a "sport", but it takes hard work. No riding up the lift, and then just sliding back down. You have to climb up the mountain and then walk back down, slowly, making sure you don't step wrong, or off the side of the narrow path, with the steep cliff off to the right side, where you can go tumbling down into the giant tree about 30 feet down.
It was so peaceful, and quiet. I saw animal tracks, and met some amazing guides and families spending their breaks in VT.
Tuesday, March 24, 2015
Tuesday, March 10, 2015
Dreams & Fears
I have been doing Jennie Allen's Discover God's Dream For You 14 day devotional on The Bible App. She talks about what is holding is you back from your God-given dreams? I have been asked that in other devotionals, but I have been mulling it over this time. My answer has always been: Fear.
I am a special education teacher, and when I write my students' IEPs they have to answer some questions for me. Today, as I was writing several IEPs, two questions, stuck out. I have asked students these questions for years, and have written the answer to these questions for years. Today, I decided to answer these questions for myself.
What is your greatest dream?
What is your greatest fear?
It may seem silly that I didn't have answer for those questions, but I really hadn't thought about them, in along time. Several years ago, I journaled about an idea. It is a huge undertaking and it will take more than just me to fulfil this plan, so I figured it was too much and too big for me to accomplish.
As I think and pray about these two questions, this huge undertaking keeps tumbling around in my mind. Is this a God-given dream? Possibly. It is a dream of mine. What is keeping me from trying to reach this dream? Fear. Is my fear enough strong enough to keep me from reaching my dream? If I allow it to be, yes, but if I pray to make sure my dream is God-given, put God first, trust Him, and patience, no matter how long it takes, my dream will come true.
Ask yourself: What is your greatest dream? Will keeps you from accomplishing your dream? If it is fear, with God, can you over come your fear and try to accomplish your dream?
I am a special education teacher, and when I write my students' IEPs they have to answer some questions for me. Today, as I was writing several IEPs, two questions, stuck out. I have asked students these questions for years, and have written the answer to these questions for years. Today, I decided to answer these questions for myself.
What is your greatest dream?
What is your greatest fear?
It may seem silly that I didn't have answer for those questions, but I really hadn't thought about them, in along time. Several years ago, I journaled about an idea. It is a huge undertaking and it will take more than just me to fulfil this plan, so I figured it was too much and too big for me to accomplish.
As I think and pray about these two questions, this huge undertaking keeps tumbling around in my mind. Is this a God-given dream? Possibly. It is a dream of mine. What is keeping me from trying to reach this dream? Fear. Is my fear enough strong enough to keep me from reaching my dream? If I allow it to be, yes, but if I pray to make sure my dream is God-given, put God first, trust Him, and patience, no matter how long it takes, my dream will come true.
Ask yourself: What is your greatest dream? Will keeps you from accomplishing your dream? If it is fear, with God, can you over come your fear and try to accomplish your dream?
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