DOC

Last Sunday, our Life Group Leader asked us to split up into 3 sides of the room.  One was if you'd say your life was going bored, one that your life stable/fine, and one if your life was DOC...Dangerously Out of Control.  The fact that it has been 10 1/2 months since my last blog post says a lot as to which side I was standing on!

No it doesn't really happen overnight, but one day leads to another, one "yes I will" turns into many "yes I wills", and then on top of it all, I went back to teaching full time again.  Kindergarten!  So as I sit here on a Sunday evening, feeling sick (love fall, but it doesn't love me), watching Peyton Manning take on his former team, I had an inspiration.  I don't want to be DOC, and I am committing to God, my husband, my girls, and myself that I am going to do something about it!

A sweet friend offered to do whatever she could to help me move to the "fine" part of our room (well actually she insisted).  So I'm going to accept.  More parents have stepped up in Kinder and are really helping us out now.  And after this week when report cards go home and conferences are in place, I can actually see that things might settle down.  I am never surprised by how God places us in situations to serve Him or how He places people around us to help us as we serve Him.

I know without a doubt that God has called me back into my profession to serve Him through teaching this group of students.  Is it challenging?  YES!  Do I think that God thinks more highly of me than He should?  YES!  But I also know He will give me the strength I need to get through each day, each minute of this year. 

"I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me!"  Philippians 4:13

So it's a HUGE life change.  More simple.  More saying "no!''  More time at home with my family and making time for them on the weekends.  I will give 110% while at work, but then I need to let go, leave, & treasure every moment with my sweet little girls because they are growing TOO fast!  It's also about letting go the worry about what other people think - I can't give as much to my girls during the day, so nights & weekends has to be about them.  It's our season of life. 

PJ & Savannah at the Flower Mound Pumpkin Patch

The reassurance in all the crazy came Tuesday, October 8th.  Hubby and I talked with our youngest daughter, PJ, about everything God has done for us.  It's a story she's heard many times and she has loved Jesus for a long time.  Yet she never seemed ready, completely committed to a relationship with Christ.  That night though, she was ready.  Without a doubt.  And as I watched the love of my life talk about Jesus with our daughter, my heart soared!  She said a prayer and then hugged us both and thanked us for talking with her and praying for her!  My cup is full!!!  This is what life is all about - bringing people to Christ.  Bottom line.  Jesus died, was buried, and rose again for US...you and me.  It is out job now to serve Him.

"Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit."  Matthew 28:19

Happy Fall Y'all and remember to listen to the Giggles from Heaven!

Tammy Jones
"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."