Many Blessings

The past week has been filled with prayer, blessings, and joy. It's funny how a simple prayer over dinner can raise an eyebrow. Jess and I were praying over dinner and after asking for discernment over the coming months regarding our finances, Jess looks at me and asks "Did you get fired?". I reassured her that our income is still intact. It makes me chuckle a bit that the first reaction over wanting to be a good steward with our finances is making sure that I still have a job. It also made me wonder how many other people in our present age are looking at what they have and saying "I have enough." and more importantly "We should be mindful of our finances." I've heard a pastor say Christ spoke most on the Kingdom of God, and I agree. He went on to point out that the second topic Christ covered the most was money, I trust his research, I just haven't busted out my concordance and glossary of terms to verify this. As far as prayer goes, I think personal financing is something to be meditative on (along with all our other concerns such as family, friends, ministry opportunities, and the Super Bowl). Currently also praying for healing as stomach viruses go around as well as fun things such as sore throats and streptococcus.

The blessings this week: awesome paycheck, able to pay bills and still save; a personal best in spousal communication; and a job interview. The interview was a mind-blowing opportunity. T. W. Andrews High School in High Point is looking for a new art teacher and I got a crack at it. Of course the initial phone call had me shaking with excitement and I wanted to tell everyone in the world, but decided to keep it to family and close friends (and my tech manager). The interview seemed to go quite well. I felt as if God wrangled my tongue and kept me from rambling with excitement. I was to the point on my ideas of an art program and my interviewers nodded in agreement, I took that as a good sign. I could go into great detail of the specifics of the interview, but that is best saved for personal conversation. Both walking in and out of that interview there was no fear (at least not in the five minutes before), no timidity...only strength and passion. The interview alone was not the blessing, but what God did in me to show off. A young man with a passion for seeing students succeed and progress into higher education with confidence in their knowledge and abilities. On the spousal communication blessing, I admit I'm a bit of a straggler. Jess is wonderful at digging into our conversations and creating an open atmosphere. I tend to stay reserved even in safe conversation. I felt this was possibly my best week in communicating with Jess...still room for improvement ;).

Joy came from all the above mentioned topics topped off with a 30min. bike ride and a beautiful sabbath to spend with family. Looking forward to the evening with my wife watching the premier of The Walking Dead on AMC. I'm such a romantic ;)