Hobbies

The past two days at school have been filled with lots of learning and preparing for assessments.  I have been praying for my students that they use the brains God has give them so let's hope it works!

Last week I was asked what I like to do in my free time or what are my hobbies. I sat there for a moment and really had to rack my brain for what I like to do outside of school work.  I realized that the majority of my time is spent doing school work which is fine but outside of that, I don't think I have any real hobbies anymore.  With giving up Facebook for Lent, I have spent more time on school work, mostly because of assessments, but I think also because I'm not really sure what else to do with my time.  I really enjoy reading and we have a book that all of the volunteers are reading so I pick that up when I am in the right mentality.  In high school and college, I really enjoyed baking and cooking.  I could still bake and cook down here but I don't have as much money to spend so I can't experiment as much with the two. I work out almost every evening but I just don't have any good hobbies anymore! There's so much that I'd like to do but I let school control my evening sometimes. Although lately I've been using my spare time to call people and talk on the phone instead of settling for a text message.  I need to pick a hobby that will be beneficial and stick with it. 

Jenae comes in just 2 short days and I'm so excited to see her! I don't have a set plan for what we are going to do yet but I think that's the beauty of just letting God take control.  He knows exactly what we need. This reminds me of the Gospel reading for today:


"Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him" Matthew 6:8

How great is that? God knows what we need before even going to prayer and asking Him! He knows our hearts so well.  The rest of the Gospel continues by Jesus praying the Our Father.  It was such a beautiful reminder of how we should forgive others, even when it is a struggle.