Filling up the backpacks

Sitting here at the very tail end of the day I look back over it and am trying to collect from it something or somethings that I learned. Because, everyone knows you are "supposed to learn something new every day" right??? This morning I learned that I should have checked my son's homework on friday instead of 3 minutes before the bus pulled up and I saw an assignment to find something that started with 'W'. I quickly thought "what starts with W that I can send in his bag??" OF COURSE...WATER...so I fill up this little tupperware container and then stick it in a gallon size ziploc bag and down into his backpack. All the while praying and crossing fingers that it stays inside the sealed bag and doesn't spill on his papers. After I put him on the bus I was able to think of many other W things I could have used but it was too late.
Something else I learned was that sometimes we meet someone and waste too much time staying in the distance and not getting to know them until it is too late and they are moving away. Had a playdate this morning with a friend who is moving in a month and I neve rhave gotten as close as I would have liked to. so, we are gonna stay in touch and do the fb thing I am sure..the last thing i learned from all of that was if you get somewhere 15 minutes earlier then the other person you should get out of your car and wait up front for them so they aren't the ones finding you still sitting in your car talking on your phone. She scared me because she called me then I looked out the window and she was standing in front of the restaurant. so I had to laugh at myself then. for there was nothing else to do. when I got inside I learned after ordering my meal and sitting down that I had forgotten to order a drink so I made a mental note to self to order a drink the first time so I dont' have to go back throuhg line like I did today to get a drink. and somehow my drink cost more then my meal...how does that happen? it was coffee. and my meal was soup. hmmmm. I learned that a great friend of mine is hurting badly and I shared my heart with her and am praying for her situation and will always be greatful that she entrusted me with this info. Later I learned how giving people are when I got a call from a store on the mall saying they had more shoeboxes for me. I got there and was able to fill about 12 big garbage bags full of shoeboxes for operation christmas child. Now I am working on getting people to fill them up. I spent this evening with a friend picking up her son from the dr.'s office and just being there for her when she needed someone to be there. I learned that it is good to have solid christian friends who can pick you up when you can't pick yourself up and in turn will be there for you in your times of trials. I learned that my children love me very much indicated by them verbally telling me this tonight! :) they are becoming more and more obedient each day and I pray for t heir souls and their futures and the decisions they will make down the road that they be God honoring ones and not self pleasing. I am their role model and so this places me in a frame where I am stared at always to see if I am living up to the criteria of the "perfect example"?? I don't imagine anyone can be that except for Jesus himself. We are to continue to be like Jesus day by day and walk in his shoes and teach our children and those around us of His word and truths and promises. And am learning how to do this without sounding culty or too overspiritual. I'm in three differetn bible study groups now and on a praise team. It's great for my soul but I need to learn to remember to apply it and what I am learning into my real life or else it is all pointless. Things are always subject to change. in 2 Cor. 4;18 it says, "While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen;for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal." We tend to be visual learners and can't fathom believe something that isn't there. Obviously God is there whether we believe it or not. He is always around us waiting for us to follow His leading. No matter how hard your body is hurting hie words say, "by his stripes you are healed" No matter how bad your finances are his word will always say, "My God shall supply all your needs" I pulled out a winter coat two days ago and was completely broke and needed to run get something but had no money. I reached down in the pocket and there was 8 dollars. And then later that day a friend of mine gave me a belated birthday card and it had 20 dollars in it. I tried to give it back saying that was too much but she refused. It was just amazing How God sent two visuals for me to see how He works when I already knew he could . Don't settle for what the world says you can ha ve. Lay hold of what the WORD says you can have. Center your attention on the etneral truths of god and look not to the things which are seen. After all, they're subject to change. Just like our military orders. We just got told that we are now on a four year rotation which puts us staying here till march of 2011. My prayer now is that God will find us a home we can rent/buy soon and not have to pay a nasty move out fee here. We want something a little more spacious but not crazy big yet...just more room for the kids to play and for us to have our own place instead of sharing with others in a building. Today I've learned that by throwing our hurts down into the pit that we once were in is in a sense throwing them at the feet of Jesus and just leaving them there....He will cover them and they will be no more. His poor feet have taken so many things from me being flung, tossed, chucked, yanked off and slung his direction...but Praise God he is allowing us to send them in his direction!! So, what is it that you collected from your day today? Was it noticing someone who needed help and you possibly helped them? or did you bypass them thinking they could manage on their own? No one can manage alone...we all need Jesus. You can try to go it alone but let's just meet up in a few weeks and you can tell me where your life is at and I will share with you where mine is at t hat point. So, in a subject to changing world something we can rest assured on is the 7,000 promises that god promises to cover any circumstance you'll ever face. And no matter what happens those promises will forever be the same. let's begin collecting good change, the word of God daily in our lives, prayer, collect a good attitude. it surely will take you very far in life as opposed to a nasty attitude that may leave you high and dry and miserable. Seek the Lord, put him FIRST remember there is always a promise for every situation and God will never leave you or forsake you.
so, w hat starts with W? WORD of God and WISDOM from his WORD. These r things we ought to carry in our backpacks each day! I'm going to fill mine up tonight so it's ready in the morning!!!