Important Dates!

Important Dates:



Nov. 7th – Honor Roll Assembly-7:45

Nov. 9th – Veteran’s Day Program-8:15

Nov. 15th – Thanksgiving Dinner

Nov. 21st – 23rd – Thanksgiving Break

For FREE!!!

I'm sure I'm just like everyone else in the world in the sense that I love to get stuff for free. My wife, Hannah, jokes with me all the time when someone gives me something....she says "imagine that, you got something for free...again!"

Please don't get the wrong impression of me here....I don't go around asking people if I can have their stuff. For some reason people just like to give me stuff and I have a hard time saying no;-) For instance, we just got back from a trip to Easley to visit my parents. While we were there one of my buddies gave me a used set of Titleist blades....used by a professional I might add. Now, being the avid golfer that I am, I gladly and very thankfully accepted the gift with open arms.

These clubs are probably one of the best freebies I've ever received. The fact that they were used by a professional golfer just adds more icing to the cake! Now, I know I could go into a huge theological illustration on how God gave us the biggest freebie EVER, but I'm not. Although I must give credit to THA MAN......He gave it ALL for us, and paid the way in FULL. Now that's the best "for free" you can get!!!

night night....

-klock

Beautiful

Recently my wife posted something on her blog that blew me away...check it out if you're intriged hannahgray.net....it's titled "beautiful".

As I was reading this post from my wife I was reminded that I still don't do enough for her as her husband. She deserves the VERY best in every area of her life, and I'm going to try my best for the rest of my life trying to make sure she gets it.

Truth is I don't deserve my wife.....she is the most amazing woman I've ever met, and I'm an average husband at best, that's partly why I pray so much.....I'm thanking Jesus for giving her to me!

I love my wife more than I could ever explain.....read her post and you'll understand.

-klock

sweet saturday!

This is the first Saturday I started my new job teaching 4th grade.......I'm going to appreciate the weekends A LOT more these days!

not bad...

So I started teaching in the classroom for the first time this week. I will have to be truthful in the sense that I was worried out of my mind about having my only class, but now that I've been through two days it's not actually as bad as I thought.

I really feel that I'm right where God wants me to be....If I had to choose I would still be teaching PE, but I'm not unhappy teaching 4th grade.

As soon I found out that I was being moved from PE last school year I made my mind up, and told God that I would do whatever He wanted without complaining.....so far I've kept my word, and I truly believe that He is blessing me for doing so.

My class is AWESOME. The kids I have are really well behaved, and I don't really have many discipline problems at all. Usually when you are the new guy in the school they stick you with all the bad kids, but I can honestly say that I love my class.

Funny moment of the day was when one girl from another class asked me if I was married.....I think she was trying to pick me up ;-) I was about to take my tray to the trash when her teacher told me I should let the girl take it for me just to see how she would react. Poor little girl didn't know what to think when I called her over. When she came back to the table all her little friends just giggled and looked over my way.

Not only do I love my class, but I really love my school! Everyone is SO nice, and always seem interested in how I'm doing.....thank you Jesus for placing me in such a great place!

I stress about my job a lot more these days, but to tell you the truth....I'm ok with that.


-Klock

before Sunday thoughts

I would just like to first mention that my bro Matthew has started a blog, and if you're a constant blog reader check him out.......matthewbayliff.blogspot.com ......I love this guy!

Ok, back to my thoughts......Every Saturday night I like to think about what I have done throughout the week. This week has been pretty eventful......here's just some of what I did this week:
-started back working again (at new school)
-started STRESSING about starting school, and teaching in the classroom!
-football practice/scrimmage/Kickoff Classic
-band practice (every thurs night)
-worked A LOT in my classroom, but STILL have a LONG way to go!
-hung out with G and Han in between all the madness.
-cut mine and my neighbor's grass.

Now, did you see anything that mentioned my sharing my faith with anyone/bible study/prayer time???? Let me help you answer that question....NO!!!! I thank God so much ALL the time that he would consider me worthy of the calling that He has placed on my life, bc when the rubber meets the road I SUCK at being one of His children!

If I had to describe myself with one word it would be "inconsistent". I am so bad about skipping days of my quiet time with God, but you know I keep reminding myself that even if I read my bible every day/all day and prayed all the time, I would still be a piece of CRAP not worthy of the blessings that Christ lays upon me. The important thing is that I know I'm a slacker, but what's even better than that is the fact that God loves me no matter what!

Although this doesn't give me the "get out of slack free" card. I need to step up and I thank God that He reminds me of that everyday. God is SO good even when I fail. Have you ever wondered this; What if God treated you like you treat Him?.......that makes me want to get on my face and repent!

What do you think?

-klock

need some prayer please!

If you're one of the few people that actually read this blog I would REALLY appreciate it if you pray for me during the next few weeks.

This year will be my first year teaching in the classroom, and I have A LOT of work to do before my students come back on the 24th. I don't get worked up about much in life, but lately I have been extremely overwhelmed!

There is no doubt in my mind or heart that God won't see me through this school year, but I could DEF use some of my peeps praying me up.

I appreciate EVERY one of you that reads this blog!

-klock