Words on the Brain

I've been dreading the start of the school year for the last few weeks.  I am happy to report that our first week, although far from a great success, was COMPLETED! =)  Since we often do not all finish, I consider this quite an accomplishment.  I'm kind of amused at myself for avoiding school for so long, though.  Writing lesson plans and teaching my Crew kind of wakes up my brain.  I've always LOVED learning!  My parents were awesome first teachers and continued to whet my appetite for knowledge even when my school teachers didn't.  Now, as a teacher, I feel like I'm learning even more than I did as a student. =)

So back to my brain "waking up".  During the summer, I read for fun, I listen to music & sermons, but I don't often challenge my brain.  It's kind of a lazy time... Or maybe I just use the other side of my brain. ;)  It's funny though, last night, my brain was running full speed.  I had story lines for my Crew & blog ideas, and words with friends!  I didn't even mind the bane of the teacher's existence: GRADING!  I LOVE words!  And I love how in the Bible, God uses words we can understand to help us know Him!  I love the word pictures He paints!  I love thinking about the unsurpassed GREATNESS of my God! =)

A voice cries: "In the wilderness prepare the way of the LORD; make straight in the desert a highway for our God. Every valley shall be lifted up, and every mountain and hill be made low; the uneven ground shall become level, and the rough places a plain. And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together, for the mouth of the LORD has spoken." A voice says, "Cry!" And I said, "What shall I cry?" All flesh is grass, and all its beauty is like the flower of the field. The grass withers, the flower fades when the breath of the LORD blows on it; surely the people are grass. The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever. Get you up to a high mountain, O Zion, herald of good news; lift up your voice with strength, O Jerusalem, herald of good news; lift it up, fear not; say to the cities of Judah, "Behold your God!" Behold, the Lord GOD comes with might, and his arm rules for him; behold, his reward is with him, and his recompense before him. He will tend his flock like a shepherd; he will gather the lambs in his arms; he will carry them in his bosom, and gently lead those that are with young.
Isaiah 40:3-11