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10 Things I’ve Learned Since I’ve Become a Children’s Director – Number 2

14 May 2010 by Helen

I work with Family!

I get up every morning and leave one family to go be with another family.  I have worked with a lot of people through the years.  Many of them were great people, some of them become great friends, but few ever became close enough to call family.

What makes family different from just a good friend.  Family is unshakable.  Families love each other, hurt each other, make mistakes, have huge successes, get mad at each other, say things they regret,  hurt for each other, and through it all families stay steady.

I have one of the greatest jobs in the world.  What makes it great isn’t the job, it is a lot about the people I work with.  They are part of my family.  They laugh with me, hand me tissue when I cry, shoot nerf guns at me when I have a bad attitude, cover for me when I need help, and love me regardless of it all.  We have days where we get on each other’s nerves.  Days where we don’t understand, don’t agree, don’t like being around each other, but those days are far fewer than you’d imagine and the truth is it never changes how we feel about each other.

I love the people I work with.  They are amazing and words just won’t do it justice.  They are my family!

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10 Things I’ve Learned Since Becoming a Children’s Director – Number 5

11 May 2010 by Helen

I’m in over my head!

The first time I heard this and realized this the thought was overwhelming.  What have I done?  I don’t want to mess this up?  What am I going to do?  HELP!

When I finally got to HELP! a peace came over me.  That was the answer to all my questions.  My help comes from the Lord!  Realizing I’m in over my head shouldn’t be an overwhelming situation, it should be an exciting place to live.

If I’m not in over my head, then I am living in my own strength.  I am walking out my own path, living my own dream, accepting my own abilities as the limits of what my life can be.  When I begin to live life “in over my head” I begin to understand this isn’t about me, it’s about Him.  This is about me fulfilling the very purposes and plans He created me for.  If “I’m not in over my head” then I don’t need Him, and if I don’t need Him, then I have a problem.

Being in this place isn’t always easy, on the contrary, it is often scary and uncomfortable, but it now the only place I want to live.

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Almost Comical

29 Mar 2010 by Helen

That could be the tag-line for my day…it’s almost comical.  I will save you the drama of the last week and simply stick to today.

I head to work in my husbands truck because my tire is flat (happened yesterday right before we broke the jack when we forgot to put the brake on and the car rolled off the jack).  As I’m getting on the interstate in the rain this car almost ran my off the road.  I had to come to a complete stop on the entrance ramp.  There was no other traffic around said car.

As I followed this car it began to swerve randomly and had a near miss with one car and 18 wheeler as they tried to pass.  From this point I began to back off realizing this person was drunk, sick, or very sleepy! 

Left family home on spring break, got a call from hubby around 2:30.  My dad and Johnny were patching the tire on my van.  Dad decided we needed new brake pads so he sent Johnny to town with his truck to get the new brake pads.  Hubby got in wreck with dad’s truck.  A car pulled out in front of the car in front of him, that car slammed on brakes and swerved, Johnny slammed on brakes and slid…right into the back of the other truck.

Pastor Ron said yesterday “Two things get you in trouble 1.  Disobeying God 2. Obeying God”  I’m doing my best to obey God so I guess that’s why we keep getting in trouble.  As I drove home Holy Spirit began to speak to me about this new trial.  I am thankful that I can rest in knowing God is still in control.

The truth is this is only 1 of the many comical days in the last 2 weeks most involving crazy car issues, maybe I’ll share more later.

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New Look, New Focus

11 Mar 2010 by Helen

I used to love to blog!  It was where I could freely express myself without getting tongue tied.  When I went from being a teacher to the Children’s Director all of that seemed to change.  I couldn’t seem to find a groove again.  I couldn’t figure out what to write because my blog became a job and not a passion I guess.

Anyway, I’m hoping tonight has changed that because as I was working on a new look, it dawned on me that my focus needs to go back to what it originally was designed by me for…a place to share my walk with the Lord.  My personal challenges, victories, and yes, even failures along the way.  I realized I had felt overwhelmed with feeling like this had to be something else…so if you want to know what’s going on in Kid’s ROCK, you need to head over to the Kid’s ROCK website because here you will hear what is going on with me, my job, my family, from a personal perspective.

I’m going back to what I used to be good at, being transparent and real.  If you don’t like that, well, then I guess you shouldn’t come back to visit anymore.  But if you are wanting to hear from someone who is as human as you, camp out, cause it won’t take long for you to see the real me.

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