I feel the pressure to post a new blog.  I have not spent a lot of time online lately and I don’t think I have read any blogs in almost 2 weeks.  I’ve spent a lot of time reading regular old books from the public library.  I really like biographies.  I guess that explains why I am drawn to reading blogs –  it is a lot like reading a autobiography in the making.  This time of year I really enjoy taking my book outside to read.

Much of my time last week was tied up with my church’s Vacation Bible School.  We had almost 50 kids everyday which is awesome for my little church! In the past we have had attendance in the high 20’s and low 30’s.  It was a wonderful blessing! I co-taught the 3rd and 4th grade class. Bubba was in my class and many of his friends from school came.  It is so much more fun for the kids when their friends are there too.  It seemed like all the kids were well behaved and got along well together. 

I confirmed what I already thought I knew – that I enjoy teaching a older group better than my normal preschool Sunday School group.  The younger kids are so smart with such good memories, but I love seeing the older kid’s eyes light up when they finally grasp a Bible truth.  You can just see something working in their brain when they connect events, people or spiritual truths together.  I did miss my  4 year olds though and always slipped into their class to hang out with them for a little bit while my class completed their craft with the craft teachers.

By Friday I was worn smack dab out.  My kids were always going home with someone else or having their friends over to our house before and after VBS so their was never a dull moment in my schedule.  Thursday and Friday I woke up at 5:30 am to help get my Hubby up and going for the things he had planned for the day.  Neither one of us are morning people so 5:30 am was hard for us. 

After he left Friday morning I sat on the couch reviewing and planning my VBS lesson for the day.  I was so tired I didn’t know how I could manage another day VBS and the other activates planned later that day as well.  I just wanted to crawl back in bed.  I knew it was the last day, but I just couldn’t seem to “sike myself up”.  Then I ran across the part of the lesson where I was supposed to tell the children the VBS Bible verse for the day. 

Philippians 4:13(KJV)

I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

Oh how I needed that! Yes! That was it.  I could not “sike myself up” – I could not find the strength myself.  I needed Christ.  I needed His strength.  I had reached the end of mine and needed to draw on His.  I wish I had remembered this verse earlier in the week.  I wish I had remembered to lean on Him all week long.  I can’t believe after all these lessons learned how I still charge ahead without Him sometimes.  What made me think I could possibly make it though that kind of hectic week on my own? 

So Friday morning I sat on my couch and drew from His strength for awhile.  Later that morning as I went over the verse with my class my eyes watered and I got a little choked up telling them how that verse had helped me just that morning.  They laughed at me when I explained that I would have been a grumpy teacher that day if it wasn’t for Jesus, but they understood.  They got it! I was able to personally relay that verse in a fresh way that included them and they understood!

I hope it sticks with them and they learn early in life to lean on Jesus – always, every single day.