Viewpoints

Life has been pretty good. I'm happy. I know this happiness comes from God. Its not from people because even though I'm around lots of people, its God who is in me. I feel the joy from serving a living God.

Now one thing that I want to get straight on this blog is that I'm not a religous person. Or I try not to be. My parents are not believers and they think I'm crazy most of the time. I also consider myself liberal and open minded. I vote Democrat. I am pro life but that means I am against the death penalty. A lot of Christians are pro death penalty. I didn't mean to get in a political debate but it seems inevitable. These are my views. Jesus is pro life and that means in abortion and in death penalty. You can't be one way because you will be ignoring the other view. I think politics have to stay consistent.

I may be making myself completely vulnerable and I may delete this post. Please forgive me if I offend you by stating my views, but these are my views and what I believe. I do not know who I am going to vote for yet for President but it will not be Mitt Romney...he did nothing good for our economy. Politics is a sticky subject and I wish it weren't. There is one God and a bipartisan system. I wish we could bring them together. I wish we could be a true democracy. I wish the poor could get what they really need and the rich pay more taxes. I wish the hungry could get more food. I wish the health insurance was a social cause and everyone had the same type of insurance. Health insurance levels people. We should all be treated equal.

OK thats enough for now....please don't yell at me for stating my views. But if I feel like I offended anyone, I will take this post off.

Thanks for reading and God bless.

Rain

There is something peaceful about the rain tapping on the roof and that is all you hear. I'm so used to hearing sirens or dogs barking or honking. But none of that here. It is almost hard to get used to. Last night I slept from 12am-8am. That was so nice. I haven't been this relaxed in a long time. Its nice to just enjoy the last bits of vacation before a busy week ahead.

Tomorrow I have a "leveling" meeting. Its with my two teachers, boss, her boss and me. We have to see where kids are in the classroom and then its my job to call them based on what we level them by. Though its not a classifying thing. Its just to see if they need more services.

Mom and I were talking last night how unbalanced this world is. How there are so many poor people and then there are these people who have so much. I believe it is because of greed, our selfish nature that doesn't want to let go of material items and to not help others. I know I am a part of this but I am trying to change. I see poor every day in my job and I want to change the world. Though I know I can't do it alone. God has to take over our human wants and desires.

So back to the rain, even when our lives are stressful, listening to the rain patter outside makes me think, God is in this. God is everywhere, even when we don't understand a situation or let Him in. It puts me in a place of gratefulness and peace of my life.

New day

Even on a cloudy day I can picture God in creating the world. I just took a walk to Marblehead neck and watched the waves and listened at the same time. God is there. I feel he is saying, take a moment, don't always stress. I know whats best for the world. We all make our mistakes, but God is there to redeem us.

The LORD gives strength to his people; the LORD blesses his people with peace. Psalm 29:11.

I pray to God that he will give me the strength and peace to deal with every challenge and to praise Him when things do not go my way, for God knows my way to everything and He is the truth and love in all circumstances.

New chapter in life

Well, I don't know anyone who has blogspot but I'm deciding to start anew. I had livejournal for years...and still do. But I'm thinking of writing more about personal growths and how God has blessed me in this journal. I don't want to be about complaining. I want to be about rejoicing about my life and those around me.

Through a turmoiling year and plenty of ups and downs, I've come to realize one thing, praising God in all circumstances and praying for His will to come is the best option. Don't get down and depressed, but realize all that God has for you if you just have a little hope and faith in Him. If you have more, he will bless you even greater. All it takes is that first step in hope in Him.

I've started work as a family advocate for Head Start in Somerville. What a blessing. I'm being challenged and also blessed working with families. Who would have thought giving an hour of your time to someone that you would also be blessed? Relationships are about give and take. I feel like I've been a somewhat selfish person. I need to realize that we are put on this earth to give back to others. If we stay in ourselves, we are not benefiting the rest of the world.

It's been a long road since graduating college. Having struggled in the past really brought me to this place where I can fully appreciate what I have now.

I'm almost 26. I do not feel like it, as I feel like I'm just starting my youth, figuring out who I am as a person. Having my brother die almost 7 years ago (!), I feel that situation opened up a whole world for me to explore who I am as a person. Since no one can really understand my parents except for us two, I have to rely on God to bring me through the hard times. However, in those hard times I also realize that God has blessed me with parents who love and care for me. Without them, I don't know where I would be.

OK thats enough for now. I'm at my mother's new house in Marlbehead, Ma. I'm really happy for her. I'm glad she found a place to relax. I'm happy with how things are and I pray to God every day that when I get frustrated, God will put a little notice in my head to praise him in this frustration or annoyance. We are all human and we aren't perfect, but God is good all the time in every situation.