God's Hand

Okay, I have never considered myself a very emotional person that cries easily. However, for some reason, I "lost it" in church today.

Today was the first day at our new location for the 10:45 service. Seeing the church FULL and hearing such beautiful praise music, made the tears just start flowing. I think there was more to it, but I definitely felt God's hand touching me. Here's what His touch told me:

* Being 1200 miles away from family is tough when your dad is in the hospital, but prayer can happen EVERYWHERE at anytime!
* Watching Kylie and the other youth praise God with song and motions is very touching and uplifting, especially knowing next year at this time, she'll be attending church in College Station
* Watching Kole run cross country and give it 110% at the very end when the body is tired, shows me just how awesome the body is, but more awesome is the "Desire"
* Returning to PEO after not being able to attend due to water polo and grad school is God's way of saying, reach out to others
* Take some time for yourself! This school year has been an amazing start! It's re-energized me when I was starting to reach burn-out; however, I need to do a better job of balancing home and work. Sometimes I get so caught-up in my work, that family things are passing me by and I'm not realizing it until it's passed me by. Even 17-year olds can express that! Many of my tears today were due to God's hand on my shoulder telling me to BALANCE, and I know he was saying balancing family, work, faith, and friends.

Unfortunately, this week will not be a good way to start my balancing attempts. I teach MON, TU, TH night and SAT. I have a board meeting WED night after cross country. Since I go into work at 6:00 AM and this week won't be ending until 6:30 PM, I think 12.5 hour days are long enough at work. When I''m home, I want to be just mom/wife and thank God for giving me that opportunity.

Thank you Lord for letting me feel your touch today. Now, if I can just act on your touch!