Convicted to live for Jesus

Most of my readers know that I work at an elementary school. We earn "blue jean" passes for different things that allow us to wear jeans on another day other than the designated "first Friday of every month". I am not a big blue jean fan but my friend, Melanie, and I wanted to be "twinkies" today and wear our finisher shirts from the race. I told Melanie I didn't have a pass - she reminded me that I did indeed posted on the wall outside her room. Back in January we were asked to use descriptive words about the people on our teams - my team is the Special Ed team and there are about 12-15 people on our team. During Valentine's week every person in the school found a red heart in their mailbox with the words that had been used to describe them. Today when I used my pass, I re-read the words my peers had used to describe me. Wow - what a compliment but at the same time what conviction! It brings tears to my eyes to read these words but also makes me feel guilty because I know that I don't always live up to these things. The words they used were: reliable, determined, dedicated, energetic, passionate, efficient, trustworthy, motivated, cute (??really??) and faithful. I wanted to post these on my blog as a reminder to myself that God wants me to be these things to people. I want to serve him and be a light to others. Thank you to my sweet friends who think I exhibit these qualities - I am humbled. Forgive me when I have failed you. Until next time, I am running on faith.