confessions of ..pink eye.

well, i went to bed with a sick eye last night and woke up the same. i've never had pink eye before, but someone here says that i've got it. well, i didn't know this until the end of the day. i really just thought i had something in it. and....really as long as i don't think about it-it's not really that bad. but it looks bad...and it is bad-so bad. my kids will probably all have it next week although i'm pretty good about the hand sanitizer (i never feel totally clean here) so-that's a plus for them. So this could be why I've felt no so good for the last couple of days. I'm a bit weary of going to the doctor here......b/c what if it isn't pink eye---but another type of infection? am I running the risk of losing my sight? God will provide and heal it if it be.


the weather totally cracks me up--today it was absolutely freezing in the morning and then at 2:30 all of a sudden I started sweating? Weird. The Batcave (this is what I call my classroom) is unpredictable when it comes to the temperature-so I'm not quite so shocked at the sudden change sometimes. It is raining for the fourth time today...and I really love it--soothing, comforting,....if only I had a tin roof....I'm actually thankful for the roof as I think about my friends in the park who do not have this. And the wind is ruthless! We would be buckling down for a tornado if this storm was in the US of A. But-never fear-no tornados here!

Random huh? I'm feeling the drain of the first week! But God is so good. I will be up and running before you know it! Let's pray that I have the kind of pink eye that is cured with medicine...bacterial i think....and not the viral. Viral has to run its course and can take days....to heal. Ah! The thoughts of missing church on Sunday are completely devestating and I'm not missing work on Monday-that is for certain. So-pray for my eye (the left one to be specific).

Well, in devotions this week-my boss talked about being Greedy with God. He went a little bit different route but when I heard this-I realized that I can be pretty greedy with God...like He's in my little box and I'm not sharing Him with anyone. Wow. Astounding huh. Are you a bit shocked-well, you shouldn't be. I share Christ daily with my students and others...but also am I greedy sometimes in my life? I remember John Martin telling us we should pray about which fast food restuarant to eat at. But it's true. I should be praying as I walk down the hall, as I walk across the street to the store, getting on the bus, during class, during planning, all the time. Not just when a student is hurt in the bathroom or I'm anxious about how I got three days behind on my curriculum (at Christmas).
Am I greedy in the fact that I don't share my thoughts and pray with Him like I believe He is in control? I freak out over little things and get a little self centered when I'm tired or I have to endure something for 10 more minutes?! I am greedy because I'm independent, strong willed, ambitious at times. My greed in this fashion does not show Christ in my life-just a self centered, impatient, jealous, and challenged person.
Oh, but God is so good as I wake up every morning and read the Word, pray, and fix myself upon Him. Each day is different but He never gives up and I am hungry for His Word. I am convicted in my sin and broken often. I serve a great God. He is so good to me.

Thank you God for pink eye. Please heal me if it be. Thank you for forgiveness-I pray that my students will forgive my best attempts today to teach them. Thank you for my students. Thank you for making Yourself real to them in little things like "God is nonfiction". I love that.