Thanksgiving

This year Thanksgiving Day end up being the first anniversary of my Papa’s death. God has taught me so much through my granddad. Papa was a greater lover. He gave of himself to those we did not have enough and never asked for anything back. He had so much patience, which is a thing I could use more of as a teacher. We were talking about him to my sister-in-law and I told her in my whole life I only can remember one time that Papa got mad (and that was not the time my little brother and I almost blew up his shop.) But through Papa’s death God has taught me so much. I was able to deal with his death easier because I knew where he was going. When mom and I talk about Papa she always says she does not see how people can make it through the loss of a love one with out Christ. There is a song that says, “He sees each tear I cry.” Just to know that Christ is there each time it gets hard to bear to wrap me up in his arms and pull me to his chest and whisper in my ear that it will all be okay. That one day I will see him again in a place that has no pain and no hurt. So even though the selfish human part of me wishes I had more time with him the Christian side knows that I will have more time with him, I will have an eternity.
I think the biggest thing that I have walked away with from Papa’s death is this: God loves us a whole lot. I would not have given up Papa for the sins of everyone else or even for my whole sins, yet God gave up his son and watched him suffer this brutal, inhuman death for me and you. That is a love that I will never be able to understand but with always be very grateful for. So as Thanksgiving break comes to an end I ask that you cherish the moments you have with the ones that you love and remember the amazing and passionate love that God has for us. Thank Him daily for the blessings he has given you!!

The first of many

So I have always enjoyed writing down my thoughts and since both of my older brothers have blogs I thought I would start one too. Plus, lately God has been doing some awesome things in my life and I want to share them with the world or the few people who might stumble across this blog.
Well let me just start by telling you a little bit about me and the title of this blog. First of I am a math teacher so if you notice any grammatical errors that is why. I never was very good at writing but I think it is the story that matters not the words used to tell it. Now the title. Passionately Pursued. That is what God has been showing me lately. He is passionately pursuing me. He is passionately in love with me and longs to show me how passionately that truly is. So as God pours out his love on me you get to hear about it and I hope that you will respond with ways He is passionately loving you. That is all for today. I hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving and what better time to see how God has passionately loved you this past year.