Hmmm...

So I haven't posted this week while I have been away for training in Bakersfield. I have been learning a lot which has been awesome. However the internet in the hotel kinda stinks and is up and down all the time so I haven't been able be online much which is fine because I have been able to do other things like reading and going to the gym. One thing I know for sure if that I am going to come home this week weighing 5-10 pounds more than I arrived with! We have been eating out for all of our meals and have had tons of unhealthy snacks in the classroom and of course I give into the temptation.

One thing that we talked about was our view of prayer. So often we lay out our laundry lists of requests to God in our prayers. Help me with this, change this, fix that, make it all better...you know those prayers. God already knows our struggles and our needs and He is going to take care of them. Why don't we change our prayers to asking God to show us how He wants us to be used? It's a hard concept but it is so awesome to think about. In the situations we face every day how can God use us? What is He teaching us through our day to day rutines? I am so guilty of only living for God part of my day but we are called to live for Him every minute of every day! Also, I know I am guilty of asking God in prayer to be present, to be with me. Hello, earth to Derek...God is present in every move I make and every breathe I take. I don't need to ask Him to be there, He already is! So, my hope is that I would be able to think of what my actions could amount to before I do them and really think what would Jesus do in this situation; and then to realize that prayer isn't all about me, it is about how God can use me.

Just my thoughts...Have an amazing day!