BRRR- It's cold outside!

Well, snow is in the air or should I say that my students think that snow will be falling by morning:-) My class was off the wall today and I have to assume it is because of the excitement about the remote possibility of snow. I'm trying not to get my hopes up too high, but who knows- it could happen. That would be a nice little day off:-)

I wanted to post on Sunday after church about the excellent sermon that I heard. If you get a chance, check it out at: www.elevationchurch.org. The sermon focused on scripture from John 9:1-6 (these verses spoke to me the most). I will just sum it up to say that Pastor Steven talked about wandering in the "wasteland of why". I've been asking God why about things lately (especially since my 15 yr. old nephew passed away). I realized that I can get stuck in this why mode and not move on to what God wants me to learn from this (and what action I need to take). The verses talk about how a man was blind from birth and the disciples were asking why he was blind (did the parents sin). Its neat to see Jesus's reaction. He didn't want the disciples to get hung up with the "whys" but to see what was about to happen. The other weird thing about this scripture is the way that Jesus heals the blind man. I can remember I was teaching my 2nd graders this scripture a couple months back and when we got to the part about Jesus spitting to make mud and putting it on his eyes, my kids were grossed out. I wondered why at that time Jesus would do that. After Sunday, I know that Jesus could have chosen anyway to heal, but her chose a "messy" way. Lots of times in our lives things get messy before they get better. I have definitely seen this in my life.

Well, I guess that's all for now. Maybe I'll get a chance to sleep-in in the morning. Amber wants to do a snow dance tonight:-)