How could I ask for more?

So I was inspired by a family member that enjoys sulking up the sun while laying on a comfi blanket in the soft grass...I tried it today and I'm HOOKED! I was sitting there feeling the warmth sink into me and the breeze carry me away, thanking God for such a beautiful creation He has made. A thought crossed my mind..."Lord, you do more than just sustain me, you amaze me!" Later on I read this chapter in Isaiah. It described all our Heavenly Father allowed his son, Jesus to go through. And I wonder with all this beauty, wonder, and loving sacrifice that's living in me...how could I ever ask for more?

Thank you Jesus for not only giving us what we needed, but unimaginably more!

"Despised and rejected by men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief...we esteemed him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his stripes we are healed. We all are like sheep that have gone astray; we have turned to our own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all. He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth; like a lamb that is led to the slaughter...He was cut off out of the land of the living, stricken for the transgression of my people...There was no deceit in his mouth. Yet it was the will of the Lord to crush him; he has put him to grief."

Isaiah 53

Love~Rebekah

"My chains are gone, I've been set free, my God my Savior has ransomed me!"--Chris Tomlin

Welcoming Espanol in my life...

I grew up in a small southern town and was taught French 30 minutes a day.
I went to college and tested out of foreign language so there was no need for me to take any more French classes.
I lived in Canada for a summer and had one friend who spoke French, Jasenth.

...So why am I in an Elementary school, teaching English to Spanish children and learning their language? why have we been based in Del Rio for flight training??
These are questions that have been going through my mind. The only thing I do know is my God is up to something cool! Do I know what he's preparing me for....um no, but what's new :)

I do however know that He has taught me through this experience many things that have changed my perspective on teaching and compassion for people that we may not always understand. We are called to love even those who we may not understand. Never has it been so challenging and rewarding to teach. It makes me want to do cartwheels down the hallway when a student said an English word, on his own, for the first time today!!! Or when a little girl finds the courage to walk down the hallway of this new big place, all by herself for the first time!! These experiences have become a gift that I will always cherish from God.

So whatever is to come, whether it is in Ingles or Espanol...I open my arms and say "lets go for it" because I know my Father is guiding me every step of the way.

Adios Amigos!
Rebekah

"Be joyful always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances!" I Thessalonians 5:16-17