Luke 1 con.. and grown up talk.

Today I read the last half of Luke chapter 1.(v. 56-80) I'm kind of ashamed of how long it took me to finish chapter 1, but I have definitely been side tracked.

I got a lot out of the reading.
In the beginning part of what I read, John was born and the people (neighbors and relatives) thought Elizabeth would name the baby Zachariah after his father. She told them she would name him John. (bc that is what God told them to do) but the people seemed so confused and just didn't understand.
This reminded me of how sometimes things God calls us to seem out of the ordinary, or not what we are used to. People might look at us, or question us, but we need to follow through with what we hear God calling us to, regardless. This is what Elizabeth and Zachariah did and Zachariah's mouth was opened again as a result!!

I really especially loved the last few verses.

78Because of and through the heart of tender mercy and loving-kindness of our God, a Light from on high will dawn upon us and visit [us](D)

79To shine upon and give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to direct and guide our feet in a straight line into the way of peace.(E)

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Other than that I wrote up my "letter of interest" today!

I've been wanting to get everything set to go on PA-educator (an online application for teachers) before student teaching starts up, that way I won't have to worry about it later.

So..letter of interest, check. It was very difficult to know what to write! It's one thing to just write it, but I want to impress them so they want to interview me. I also want to be myself, so I tried to do both.

I still need to write up my essay. That will hopefully happen later this week.

It's an exciting time but also scary, and I'm having a hard time believing I'm old enough to be at this place right now..! It's crazy, I tell you.

Bring on the SNOW!!!

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