Life After Levi

I'm getting back on track with my prayer life & time in God's word. I must confess... it's a little easier now that I'm in the New Testament. Don't get me wrong, the Old Testament is important and should be studied... I just find myself struggling through it each and every time. My husband on the other hand loves the Old Testament. He can remember the names and tribes and see all the connections. Not me. Anyway... I don't really have much to say today. I still don't have any test results back. I knew ahead of time they'd take a while so the time doesn't have me worried at all. I go to the doctor on Wednesday so who knows- maybe they'll have heard and can explain everything to me then. A discussion in one of my classes has made me realize once again that we never know what's gone on in people's lives behind the masks they wear. So many people have had so many trials & such heavy burdens to bear. Even though people know w...

I haven't worked on my scrapbook in two years and pulled it out again this weekend. It was odd sorting through pictures trying to get things organized. In them I saw the me I used to know. The one who moved to Idaho just to have a new experience... Not the one who is now timid about doing something new. I saw the girl who was fit and skinny... Not the one who now understands the need for elastic (though I haven't gone there with jeans- just sweats). I saw the old me who tried so hard to fit in... Not the one who now knows none of us really do- we just have to live in harmony the best we can. It was so odd going through my old life- I didn't realize then how good it was. I fussed at my husband over relatively small stuff- though to me it seemed big at the time. I took it personally when my students didn't do as well as I'd hoped- though now I know for those that had other things going on in their young lives were probably doing the best they could at that moment. I t...