Great Times!

Bishop


"Christianity is not about immediate gratification; it is about immediate grace..."

I took this quote off the bible geek, life teen site. Bible Geek went on to discuss how God is not a genie, ready to grant our errcomand, yet God isnt santa either, waiting for us to send him our lists. God isnt an 'ATM' either ready to get quick change. Yet God is our Savior whos Spirit is full of patience, gentleness, and faithfulness. I always like bible geeks stuff it has really good reflections, that make anyone really think. PRaise God for good spiritual nourishment that keeps my soul fed. The Bishop came to sPv last nite, a great guy! Very kind and not to mention funny as well. So he came to sPv to talk the youf of the parish, manily the SRE classes. Speaking of SRE, did you know they changed the name of SRE? Its called, 'faith formation' now, rather school of religous education. IT sounds kinda weird, more like an alpha thing or something. I think SRE sticks better cuz thas wha the program is really all bout, a 'skool of religous ed.' Anyway, the bishop came and it was cool. He shurred w/errone his testimony and the things he enjoys doing. My class was lucky enough to take a picture w/him afterwurrds woOO!



Went to chillis w/caroline and liz after sre was over. It was good times, shurring stories, talking bout our classes, and all that jazz. Praise God that He steered me in the right direction, confirming more and more each day that I made the right decision. As always He provides for my needs and wants, in His time. I only wished that the three of us had gotten closer at the beginning of the yurr. Oh well, its fun when the three of us hang out. Hurrs a jazzy cool picture the three of us took w/the bishop. Dang, I've gotten to be real fat! I think after surgery, imma sturrt running again. Ive been thinking of doing the lbc marathon. I had ran a 1/2 marathon before, so a full one shouldnt be too much more difficult.


Thuggin it

What can I say bout this kid?! He's freakin funny as heck. I remember him coming to my class all skinny and scrawny. Well he's still skinny, yet he's pretty buff now ha yet still dark. THough he's one of those kids that well always suprises me w/his thoughts. Even though by looking at him, or his personality he may not seem deep, he's got some pretty good stuff. He loves to draw pictures and doodle in my class while I lecture. I remember thurr was this particular moment though, that I really seen God working in him. During youf alpha last yurr, I was kinda pushing him to come to the confession w/the rest of my group. We were gonna have a confession purtty. He didnt want to go cuz he had to be at some purrty, I threw at him the god currd and he tripped out, and got upset at me. Though later on he comes back and apologizes, explaining he had a bad day and realized he should go to the confession purrty. It was one of those defining moments in teaching.

I think its important to have some type of personal relationship w/your kids. Up to a certain extent of course. Its important though making sure that they know whurr to draw the line. From wha I've experienced teaching them, they look for help and guidance; especially when it comes to the church. I guess juss letting them know that youre thurr for them, brings a certain level of security for them. To bond w/them and learn bout them is truly amazing cuz you see things in them that maybe others dont see. Praise God for these souls!

Fambizzle

I also love heif! We were talking last nite for a while, and it was great. I've learned that even though dettachment is skurry, beautiful fruits can come out of it. Gosh, I remember constnantly wrecking my brain w/the thought of having to leave the daycurr. Leave behind all the relationships, I had established w/people. Not being able to talk to heif errrday and all the fun times we shurred working together. Yet, going out on your own isnt a bad thing. Even though, we may not errday, our friendship is still the same. Which is great, cuz heif is the bestest friend eva!

Which leads me to my next thing bout freds question on leaving a group. I think thurrs bof positives and negatives to the situation. Dettachment is hurrd, especially, when you've been w/a group for a while. Yet, its often said life is about taking risks going out and discovering things on your own. Doing things on your own pushes one to go really find ways to be fed spiritually. I do think thurr comes a time w/God does call people to step out of thurr own comfort zone and leave. I've seen it happen w/a couple of people I know. Often times, many people depend on the group to keep them going that when thurr left on thurr own, thurr lost. Thurrs positives and negatives to both situations. For me personally, well I'll get into that later...I'll save that for a rainy day.

Praise God for great times w/great people!

"YOu know what I wanna do..."im done, im out God bless!