YOU CAN TELL YOU'RE GOOD WITH GOD...WHEN YOU POST SOMETHING ON FACEBOOK!

     "Make every effort to enter through the narrow door, because many, I tell you will try to enter and not be able to." - Luke 13:24

     Last night, while being a part of an on-line church service, I realized I had not written about my daughters in a couple months.  For as long as Grace and Sofia have been alive, I've been writing a book about what they do every day...or every other day....or every other month when I forget.  But, I just checked, and I haven't written anything since July.  That's when I realized something had to change.
     Sure, this job takes up a lot of time and mental energy, but we all have jobs.  Sure, it doesn't seem like there are enough hours in the day to do everything I need to, but we all are faced with the business of life.  Sure, all I want to do when I come home is sleep, but there is no one who gets enough sleep.  What I came to realize last night is that there are things that shouldn't be compromised - your family, your relationship with God, your fantasy football team (hey, I'm 5-3 and in the playoff hunt!)
     Now, do I think writing about my daughters makes me a great dad or typing out these goofy blogs makes me a better follower of Jesus?  Kind of, because it starts off my day with the right frame of mind, and more importantly connects me with my buddy who I've kind of been forgetting.

MARTHA OR MARY?

41“Martha, Martha,” the Lord answered, “you are worried and upset about many things, 42but only one thing is needed.† Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her.” - Luke 10:41-42

Anyone that has been in church for more than three weeks knows where we're going!
I got a job! In case you haven't heard the news, Tony Melton doesn't get to wake up every day and decide IF he wants to go to work. He doesn't get to go home at 3:30, turn off his brain and focus on greater things - like fantasy football. He doesn't get to sleep!
For the last two weeks, I've been running around trying to prepare stuff for these 27 awesome students that are in my class. There have been nights when I've found myself at Madison School when the clock struck 2:30......a.m.
The kind of cool thing is that I've totally been focused on others. My whole thought process revolves around, "What am I going to do to make sure these students have the best day they possibly can?" The kind of uncool thing is that I've been wrapped around Martha stuff and forgotten about Mary.
I wake up, go to the gym, go to school, maybe bring work home, go back to school and then go to bed. Notice what's missing there? PRAYER! I've been so busy getting ready for these students that I've missed the one thing that's going to help them most.
What I noticed today (while I was praying) is that the kids I have in my class are not going to be transformed by lesson plans. They're not going to be transformed by technology. They're not going to be transformed by grades on a math test. Only God can transform - and not only them, but my own kids, my own wife and me!
So, if you get a minute - pray for 27 kids in Room 410 at Madison....and while you're at it, say one for four more kids at 306 S. Lombard.