Prayers Day 3

Joshua 1:9 

"Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.”

 

This is one of my favorite verses in the Bible. I don't know that I have an  "all-time" favorite, but I do have a few that I tend to cling to and this is definitely one of those.

 

So today my prayer for Ryan is this:

 

That even in the dark corners of the earth and on days as scary as today (April 19 is a dark day) that the men and women in the mission fields, spreading the word of God will be safe and brave. That they will find courage in the Lord. That in all of the wars and fighting going on and in all of the chaos that our world is, that they will not be afraid, that they will remember the promises of Joshua 1:9.

 

Lastly, I want to take a minute to remember and mourn for all the men, women, and children who lost their lives on this date 18 years ago, at 9:02 am. You are gone, but you will never be forgotten. #OklahomaStrong

 ~Charity

 

 

 

Prayers for Ryan and by Ryan I mean Asia..

My friend, Ryan and some more of the men from my church are on a mission trip right now... They left early yesterday morning for Asia, so I am not really sure if they are still traveling or if they have arrived at their destination... 

I promised Ryan that I would pray for him and I plan on it and I intend to do so daily, but I need this blog to keep me a little more accountable...so here is my plan... Everyday that he is in Asia (until May 1st) I am going to post my prayer for him and a corresponding verse.

Yesterday (April 17th) I prayed for safe travels for Ryan and all the men traveling with him. 

Today (April 18th) my prayer is that everyone they meet on their travels is touched by their love and passion for Christ. I pray that no one they met will walk away from them unchanged. I pray that they will be met with open arms and more importantly open hearts.

Romans 8:31

More Than Conquerors

³¹ What, then, shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?


~Charity


 
 

Missing Eric

8 years ago (I can't believe that it has actually been that long) my dear, sweet friend Eric died suddenly and tragically. I will never forget that day...EVER! I was still in college and I was driving to Durant that morning and I had the sudden urge to call his mom, but I didn't. I went on to SOSU and attended my morning classes, when I checked my phone after class (remember the days before we were constantly in contact with the entire world at all times) I had a significant number of missed calls; my mom, my best friend from high school, people from high school I hadn't spoken to in a while, former teachers from high school, and an ECU friend...but I had NO voice mail and no texts (this was a time when we still used phones to TALK to each other) ... I knew something was up and I was WORRIED. I called my mom first...NO ANSWER. I called Renee next... NO ANSWER. I called Amy... NO ANSWER... I was beyond worried and I had that pit in my stomach that something was really, really wrong. I was finally able to get a hold of Amy and when she answered she said something along the lines of "How are you handling this?" Are you OK?" and I said "What, how am I handling what? WHAT IS WRONG?"...silence......... I don't remember what she said or how she said it, all I remember is she told me that my friend, my dear, sweet, compassionate, loving friend Eric, was dead. The rest of that day and most of the days after are a blur... I think I have blocked them out because they were painful.

Last night, I had the most realistic dream that I have had in a very, very long time (maybe ever) ... I had a dream that I had a picnic with Eric. I don't remember a lot of the details of the dream... I do remember that we just talked and talked and talked and he gave me wonderful advice on everything that I need advice on. When I woke up, I wanted to go back to sleep and see Eric again... In my dream he was happy and at peace and wanted both of those things for me. Even as I sit here writing this, the details of the dream are slipping from me and I want nothing more than to remember them and hold on to them and cherish them (especially hearing his voice and seeing the light in his eyes). I am missing Eric today. I wish you all would have been lucky and blessed enough to know him and I hope I get to visit with him in my dreams, soon!! Love you and miss you, Eric.

~Charity

Pink Hair

I LOVE LOVE LOVE teaching...but I hate HATE hate high stakes testing!! I will not get on my soap box on that subject YET!! Anyway, today my 3rd and final class took their OCCT and they did AWESOME!! I am so proud of how hard my kids (all 73 of them) have worked (all year and especially these last two weeks) in preparing for these ridiculous tests. I promised my kids that if they worked hard that I would dye my hair pink...and I am telling you as hard as they worked, I will PROUDLY rock pink hair for them.

~Charity

If you become obsessed with me...

You can follow me on twitter @charitynacole

If you make the decision to follow on me on twitter beware:

• I LOVE the Texas Rangers, especially Kitten Face :)
• I tweet and retweet...A LOT
• I am somewhat kind of VERY opinionated...

~ Charity

Let's Do This ...

I'm not sure how many times I have set out to start a blog and failed...or how many times I have started a blog and quit...but here I go again on my own. I don't promise to always be funny, politically correct, grammatically correct, or even nice...ok I do promise to always be nice (that was one of my New Year's resolutions ...) but I do promise to always be entertaining :) 

First, a little about me... 

• I'm a Christian:
• I am not perfect, I can be hypocritical (I try not to be but it is reality), I am NOT judgmental, I am a sinner... but I am saved by the PERFECT grace of the One and Only God.

•  I'm a teacher: 
• Sixth Grade Language Arts
• ALL the thoughts, opinions, ideas, etc... expressed in this blog are my own and do not represent that of my employer.

Obviously, there is more to me than that but those are the most important...and everything will reveal itself in time...if you keep reading!! 

~ Charity