Last month, I wrote a post about taking the time to break free from the noise in our life and rest in God's presence. Since writing that post, I have been working on praying rather than stressing, and being a bit better about going to bed at a reasonable time. However, I was still feeling stressed until two weeks ago, when I was home sick from work for two days. I work as a paraeducator in a K-2 special ed classroom. There are two paras in our room, which serves 12 students in 5 different homerooms. The two of us are kept quite busy, and it was quite stressful for me times that the other para was gone. So the first day I was sick, it was quite hard for me to stay home because I knew how much I was needed to help things run smoothly. Then the next morning, I was still sick. I didn't want to stay home another day, but I knew that rest is what I needed, so I made sure to get it. I was nervous about putting my coworkers in a stressful situation due to my absence, but when I re
Reflections on modern life through the lens of Christianity. There will be different formats for different posts, but my prayer is that each one will be used by God to help someone else have hope.