I am the Lord

Wow! I can’t believe I have been back for three weeks! It has been a good three weeks and I am encouraged to see how God is going to work this year. My days have been long and busy preparing my classroom and setting up my house.

I have loved getting my house up and running and I have put in a lot of personal touches and I am almost finished putting my house together. The only thing left I have to do is put up a couple of my paintings and get my bed frame. I will have pictures up soon so that you can see my new place. It has been very relaxing to come home to a place of my very own and really feel like I am living in Ghana and not just a visitor. So that is a huge answer to prayer that I now have all my things set up and all my stuff made it through the move. I have a new little blessing at my new house also a generator that I have used twice since I have been here. Its amazing that when "lights off" I still can do work. 

I have been learning so much the last couple weeks. I have been reading in the old testament and I was in Leviticus and I was really struggling with how it relates to me now and I prayed to just ask God to show me how this would effect me and how I can learn through what I was reading.  One phrase that continually stuck out to me was that it keep saying and reminding the Israelites that "I am the Lord".  "I am the Lord" and many times it would say who brought you out of Egypt or that sanctify you. It reminds me that I can't do anything on my own. " I am the Lord" He is the one that brought the Israelites out of Egypt they had nothing to do with it all they had to do was accept and follow. Now I didn't have to come out of Egypt but when I look at this and all he has done I realized He has brought me out of some trying times and He has brought me out of little problems and there is no way I could of done it and I had to depend on the Lord and trust in the phrase " I am the Lord".  So i encourage you as I encourage myself to trust in the one who said "I am the Lord" in every situation because He is the only one who can get us from point a to point z. 

I am so encouraged to see how God is going to work in my classroom. I have met a couple of my students and they are so much fun and I can't wait to  see the rest of them on Monday. Our class verse this year is Proverbs 3:7 Be not wise in thine own eyes fear the Lord and depart from evil. I love that this verse flows into what I have been learning. This verse comes right after the verses that say Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not into your own understanding. in all thy ways acknowledge him and he shall direct thy path.  WOw and then it says "Be not wise own eyes", you can't do it, "Fear the Lord" , but not only fear Him you have to make the choice to "depart from evil." Wow, I can't wait to see how this effects my class this year.  Pray for my class as we start school on Monday!

I have really been inspired this year to share what God is doing in my life and share Christ with others. I found this song by Alicia Keys on my computer and it is called Tell You Something.  Its amazes me how many times I have not been urgent in telling people what they mean to me and more importantly about who Christ is to me. Read the Lyrics and make it an urgent point to share with someone who and what Christ has done for you! 

Get so caught up everydayTryna Keep it all togetherWhile the time just slips awaySee, I know nothing last forever
Imagine there was no tomorrowImagine that I couldn't see your faceThere'd be no limit to my sorrowSo all I can say
I wanna tell you somethingGive you somethingShow you in so many ways‘Cause it would all mean nothingIf I don't say somethingBefore it all blows away
Don't wanna wait to bring you flowersWait another hourLet alone another dayI wanna tell you somethingShow you somethingWon't wait till it’s to late
I can't waitI won't waitI don't wanna wait
I can't waitI won't waitI don't wanna wait
Just a simple conversationJust a moment is all it takesI wanna be here just to listen(I wanna be here)And I don’t wanna hesitate
Imagine there was no tomorrowImagine that I couldn’t see your faceThere'd be no limit to my sorrow‘Cause there is nothing that could fill that spaceOhh, did I put it off for to long?I didn't say all that I have to sayI wanna take the time to write the wrongBefore we get to that place
Just lean onMy shoulderIt's not over till its overDon’t worry bout itCause I'm gonnaMake sure our bond gets stronger yeahI, don’t wanna wait until the stormWhen something’s wrong and now you’re goneAnd I can't find you
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