Journal Writing..

I love the challenge from President Eyring about writing in your journal about how you’ve seen the Lord’s hand in your life each day. I’ve actually taken it up and I feel like it has already blessed me and opened my eyes in many ways. I recommend that anyone does it especially because you really see how blessed you are, even by simple things.

Here is what he says:

“As I would cast my mind over the day, I would see evidence of what God had done… that I had not recognized in the busy moments of the day. As that happened, and it happened often, I realized that trying to remember had allowed God to show me what He had done.”

He urges each of us:

Tonight, and tomorrow night, you might pray and ponder, asking the question: Did God send a message that was just for me? Did I see His hand in my life…? I will do that. And then I will find a way to preserve that memory for the day that I, and those that I love, will need to remember how much God loves us and how much we need Him. I testify that He loves us and blesses us, more than most of us have yet recognized. I know that is true, and it brings me joy to remember Him” (“O Remember, Remember” Oct. 2007 Conference Address).

So anyways, going along with that, here’s a story for you which is one I wrote about in my journal, just thanking the Lord for helping me get through the day.
 
I started substituting out here in Oklahoma. My second day I got a call at 7:50 in the morning. Surprisingly I didn’t ignore it and just go back to sleep, I accepted it and jumped in the shower to make it to the school by 8:30 (I know… I didn’t know I could get ready that fast either!) Well, the job was for kindergarten. Not joking… I wanted to walk straight out of that building after about the first 20 minutes. Oh my goodness. I had 19 kids for the whole school day and by the end they were on the floor crying saying they wanted to go home. Kids were running around, another kid throwing his shoe at others, another kid slamming the chairs on the floor, and so on. I cried a little on the way home from school, haha. I was so exhausted from bending down, picking up kids all day, trying to give directions that just seemed to float right over their head, and the worst, was that the teacher hadn’t filled out any plans for me so I was basically scrambling trying to figure out what to do next the whole day. I was seriously just praying that I would make it through the day.. and I did!

So, I’m still subbing, I just probably won’t do kindergarten again ;) The day before was actually bliss I rotated through 2nd, 3rd, 4th and actually a small kindergarten class, and that went well, but we all have bad days right? So to go along with the journal thing, sometimes the Lord blesses us in even the simplest ways… like just getting me through this whole school day without giving up or breaking down! I really am just thankful that I even have a job, one that is easy going and flexible for me until the baby gets here. Now I can keep myself busy and I think it will help the days go by faster until December 30th!! (My due date)