Second Try...

My oh my... It has been a while since I have posted anything on this blog. I began it while on my maternity leaving last year. I felt a strong pull that I needed to leave my teaching career and that God was leading me to some unknown destination that would include taking a more active role in advancing His kingdom through ministry. At the time, I had no idea what that meant. I simply took each step as I felt He was calling me to. Without any promise of income other than substitute teaching, my husband and I decided that I would leave my teaching job. This wasn't without discussion and much contemplation. I mean, I love teaching and having an impact on the lives of students. BUT, I love my family more and felt the need to be more available to them than my job was allowing me to be. During this time of decision making God kept planting a verse in front of me. It comes from Ester 4. It is part of a discussion between Ester and Mordecai. Ester is reluctant to ask the king to save her people. Mordecai points out in the second half of verse 14, "And who knows but that you have come to royal position for such a time as this?" (Ester 4:14b NIV). While I wasn't in a "royal" position, I was in a position to impact kids lives. It made me realize that if I continued to chase after Christ, He would be putting me in positions in which I could make an impact for Him. Although I dreaded returning from my maternity leave and leaving my baby girl each day, I quickly found that God put me in my position for the essential purpose of impacting kids. I had some students struggling with some major life issues that I was able to support in ways I never imagined.

While teaching and coaching, finding time to write a blog was not one of my priorities. Then, the changes and adjustments to being a mom first, grad student and starting a new job (running the nursery at my church) left little time to do anything else. As this new year has begun, I have decided to renew my efforts in blogging. I have a goal of posting about once a week, but who knows what God has in store. All I know is that I want to continue walking in His loving kindness because there is no better place to be!