Remind Me

I reminded a friend of a verse yesterday. Jeremiah 29:11 is my favorite for many reasons. It is a continual reminder that I am not a finished product. Until the day I am called home to glory, God has a plan. Another reason this verse is so dear is that it has carried me throught dark moments. After I lost a second baby to miscarriage it was a reminder. When I questioned why God would allow this to happen not once but twice to someone who had always been a "good girl," it was a reminder that God had a plan.
I typed the beginning of that verse for a friend who lost a baby to miscarriage the day after she told everyone she was finally expecting. She and her husband have a son who is four but want to give more to another life. How I know that feeling.
This evening I visited a favorite website that has a daily message. This was the topic scripture. More importanly it went on to point out the next two verse."Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart." (v.12-13)
I am struggling with trying to stay on the right path. I feel like a flake so much of the time. I continually question if I am doing the right thing. And oh how I am quick to point out other's short comings.
Remind me again Lord that I need to seek your face and approval; not of those around me. Remind me that I need to serve others first because that is my first calling. Remind me to listen to your still small voice for that is when you speak the loudest. Remind me that you know the plans you have for me, declares the Lord, plans to give me a hope and a future.

In session

School is back in session for the kiddos. I don't know who I get more frustrated with, the students or the adults. We mess with their lives and then feel like we have the right to deem them a lost cause when they won't do as their are told. Or when they won't even try to make themselves better. Who will stand in the gap to advocate for them?
Who is standing in the gap for me? I screw up. Boy do I screw up. And yet Christ is always waiting patiently, standing in the gap, ready to lead if I will follow. Who will be Jesus to the kids who don't know?