Relaxing with a friend

Looking back on the past week, it would rank high up in "one of the most challenging weeks".  There were many challenges at work : reorganizing, regrouping, disciplining, confronting, loving, serving, creating, pursuing, running, etc.  I've been at my job now for about a month, and my co-ordinating teacher and I still have many areas in which we need to redevelop and change in our classroom.  The first thing to be dealt with is me. ( I often find it so entirely easy to point out the faults and weaknesses and negatives in the people and activities and systems around me, that I fail to "take the plank out of my own eye first!")  There was one day this week in which my co-ordinating teacher was gone and a number of events happened in result.  All those events were smashed together and caused an enormous title wave to come crashing down today.  

The events don't need to be recounted on the internet, because God has been faithful to teach me many a lesson through this...

So anyway, after a long week, I went out for dinner and walked the aisles of Barnes and Noble with a friend.  There's just something about walking the aisles of Barnes and Noble with a friend that soothes and relaxes.  ;)  We started out in the "Christian literature" section, picking up devotionals and reading snippets of wisdom from "July 21" and "November 14".   Next we meandered over to the music section and chit chatted about past time favorites.  By the time we waltzed out of the music, my muscles felt like jell-o and mashed potatoes.  God in His grace decided to bless me tonite with the company of a good friend to relax and sooth my anxious and stressed out heart.  I'd been worrying and stressing over many different methods and details in planning lessons for my class this week, failing often to acknowledge the power and greatness of God.  But, God was faithful to me everyday.  Tonite, He decided to remind me of who He is.  That's the kind of God I serve.