Pep Talk

     I gave a pep talk to one of my students today. Dictionary.com provides the following definition:  pep talk (noun) a vigorous, emotional talk, as to a person or group, intended to arouse enthusiasm, increase determination to succeed, etc.  

     My goal was to get this kid out of his rut….inspire him, motivate him.  I am staring into these steel gray eyes thinking I am reaching him.  I pause at the end of my pep talk to hear his response when he blurts out, “You smell like coffee!”
      Take a moment to watch this wonderful pep talk by Kid President.  He gives a great pep talk and I bet he does not smell like coffee.   

Why do boys enjoy passing gas?

      Why do males like passing gas so much?  My grandson, Cross, ate three bites of cabbage last night (hates it) just so he could possibly "toot" at school today. I have learned that anything involving poop, burps, and farts is uproarious to a boy (and still some grown men); they come hard wired this way.  

That Moment when you Realize your Kid Ruined the Class Photo!

That moment when you realize it was your son that ruined the class picture by rolling his eyes into the back of his head!  (Front row, light blue shirt).

Jesus is Alive and Standing with Open Arms

     Behold, a bright light shines from the Easter tomb. Are you trusting the man who rose from the dead? Jesus is alive and standing with open arms inviting you to accept his offer of life eternal. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. The day is coming when God will wipe all our tears away. Until then, let this thought fill you with hope. If Easter had not happened, Christmas would have no meaning. If Easter is not true, then Christmas is only the story of an obscure baby born in an out-of-the-way town in a forgotten land 2000 years ago. It is the great miracle of Easter that gives Christmas its true meaning. There is a light shining from the tHomb, a light that leads us from the darkness to the Glorious Day that shall never end.

He's Gone

Band Aids

After getting my grandson, Ryder, ready for school, he quickly disappeared.  Suddenly he returned with a band aid that he obviously wanted to wear to school.   I exclaimed, “Awwww, do you have a boo-boo?”  Smiling, he pointed to his flawless forehead.  I gingerly applied the band aid to his fake injury and kissed the delicate wound.

When he proudly walked in the door at school, the teachers made such a fuss over his bogus injury.  You would have thought he had gone bungee jumping, catapulted 300 feet in the air, and somehow cut his forehead on the landing.  I now understood why he wanted to wear it.

Heck, I might wear one on my forehead next Monday if I get that kind of reception!  Is there such a thing as Angry Birds Band Aids?

As I think about real wounds, I am reminded that God knows about all of our wounds including life's emotional hurts.
We pay attention to our physical wounds, but there are other wounds that cause great pain......that is emotional wounds. Through God, we can find healing for our emotional wounds.
He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.Psalm 147:3
The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirited. Psalm 34:18

Spiders

     Phone conversation with my daughter last night...."Mom, I am taking the dog out, and I want you to stay on the phone with me while I am outside because I am scared." Footnote:  Her husband was out of town.  Obviously she believes I have supernatural powers to fly through the phone like a superhero and save her if there is a problem. 

     Suddenly I hear screaming! Now I imagine a gigantic man dressed in black with a machete and duct tape has grabbed her.  Nope, she then said, “There is a giant spider on the door.” She described it as big as an octopus! Then for the next ten minutes I listened to her scream as she attempted to kill it.  Of course the screaming picked up a notch as the octopus sauntered into the house. 

        

     I hate spiders, but there is something amazing about the spider, and that is its perseverance.  A spider never quits. When the web is broken, the spider will immediately repair it.   A spider knows no defeat. A spider will try again. That is exactly what the Devil does.  The Devil will try and try again. Watch out that you are not caught in the Devil’s web. What kind of web does Satan weave?  The Devil will be weaving his webs trying to cause us to lose our zeal. Before you know it, you will be caught in the sticky fluid of the spider's web.  Let's always be cleaning out the web. Clean out the spider webs!  Don’t get snared by the devil. 

Little Boys and Dogs

     What do little boys and dogs have in common?   The picture on the left includes my grandsons, Brock, Brady, and Cross waiting on cookies.  The picture on the right includes three dogs waiting on their food.  What you can’t tell by looking at my picture……the boys had actually discovered a lizard on the cookie sheet.  Fortunately, the cookies were placed in a cold over, so before it got too hot, I was able to get the little green guy out of the oven.  I know I am not a Martha Stewart.