It's magic!

I love this time of year! It's usually like magic during the Thanksgiving/Christmas seasons. It is filled with times with friends and family. It truly is a blessing.

These seasons also bring about the magic. The childlike magic and excitement that comes every year. It is a time of reflection and joy of how God has blessed us over the year. Why can't we have that magic every day?

We can! Take time to remember the magic and share how God has blessed you with others. Seek ways to share how you have been blessed by God with other around you.

<3 JCD

It's all about You . . .

Today, I began thinking about was I doing enough. As I taught Sunday School this morning to the youth, I began to remember my calling. At the age of 14 or so, I knew that my calling was Missions. Little did I know that I would be sharing God to others through my job as an educator. As a young adult, I constantly grappled with this concept- Where is God going to send me, out of Rocky Mount, NC. Fast forward about 20 some years, and it finally clicked. It's not about Jessica conquering the masses out in some third world country or even somewhere away from home.

It's about doing God's Will right here in Rocky Mount. It's about loving people right where they are. It's about building relationships with friends and people you don't even know.

I encouraged my Sunday School class to reach out to someone this week, even someone that they may not like. Then, I watched this video here on Stephanie Brown's page.

I cannot wait to see what God has in store for me in the public school arena in the next few years. God has been preparing me for this mass group of students that I will one day be responsible for as an Administrator.

I will be finished with my add-on license in July. I hope that I will be able to get a job here in Nash County where the involvement in religion is at an extremely low percentage.

So really, it is all about Him . . .

What can you do to share the love of God with others this week and every week?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wgg2KYdMpqc&sns=em

So, lessons learned in the last few months ...

I really hate learning lessons, especially lessons that I should know already. I have spent the last few months trying to figure out why I am still single. *Disclaimer - I really have low self esteem.* I am a happening chick. I have a great personality, successful worker, nice house, great kid, and I am semi-cute.

It hit me today while watching one of those teeny-bopper movies. I cannot see what is in front of me. I do not truly love myself. I like myself on most days, but I am not satisfied with who I am right now, in my skin. Not that this will change with time, but I am going to work on loving me for awhile.

I really like my life and who I am. I don't think that will change. What can change is the way that I think about myself, and the way that I present myself.

I was waiting for something or someone, who clearly does not believe in the me I am currently. I now know that I want a person who will accept me for who I am. I am not going to change me too much.

It may not be the picture that I thought that I wanted, but I should give it a chance.