{a new chapter} today.

I have gone and done it now.

Lost my ever-lovin' mind.

Yep.

Today, I step into a public school classroom

as a substitute teacher.

For the first time.

See?

I told you I've lost it. 

I'll be back with a group of kids that I love getting 

to help…

middle schoolers. 

Before my time in Children's Ministry, 

I volunteered for years 
with middle schoolers 

and high schoolers.

Middle schoolers?
Yes.

I love getting to help them.

Maybe it's because middle school was so bumpy for me. 

Maybe I get them a little bit. 
Maybe.

And today? 
This new chapter?
If I'm honest,
this page has got me a little scared. 
There are what-ifs and this-could-happens
running all over it. 
But so is God.

What scary things do you have on your to-do list today?
Let's give them to God.
Let's hold each other up
to the Light. 
Let's ask God to take the scary 
and make it the exhilarating. 

So, if I could ask a favor of you…
would you say a small prayer for me today?
However God leads you to pray
would be such a gift. 
Thank you.

In the new chapters
~big and small~
it means the world to know that 
someone is whispering your name to
Awesome God. 


Don’t worry about anything; 
instead, pray about everything. 
Tell God what you need, 
and thank him for all he has done.
~Philippians 4:6


Many blessings,
Deni