This morning as we were all heading to our classrooms to start off the day, I was outside with Cori talking with my Coke in hand. Not even 8am yet and I've started the Coke. Then another elementary teacher came out with her Coke. And then another! We clanked our Coke bottles in celebration of this Friday and laughed that you can always tell an elementary teacher. :) A serious need for caffeine first thing in the morning just to keep up, especially on the Friday of a week that has dragged by.

I also read this from My Utmost for His Highest for today....it really struck me. Justifying any pain is one of those things that are part of my "self-will"...by holding onto it, I hurt Jesus. Wow, that was a revelation...I mean, I knew it, I think, but to have it so clearly stated was an eye opener. Check this out. It made me think, just wanted to pass it on.

"Are you determined to have your own way in living for God? We will never be free from this trap until we are brought into the experience of the baptism of "the Holy Spirit and fire" (Matthew 3:11). Stubbornness and self-will will always stab Jesus Christ. It may hurt no one else, but it wounds His Spirit. Whenever we are obstinate and self-willed and set on our own ambitions, we are hurting Jesus. Every time we stand on our own rights and insist that this is what we intend to do, we are persecuting Him. Whenever we rely on self-respect, we systematically disturb and grieve His Spirit. And when we finally understand that it is Jesus we have been persecuting all this time, it is the most crushing revelation ever."