Transpose:

reverse order of things; move something to different position; change setting of something. 

It’s that time of year again – serious school planning time.  I feel the breath of the ending school year on the back of my neck as I sprint toward the finish line of planning for 2012-13.  Generally I have discovered that I enjoy this part of my job, although it is often accomplished in fits and starts because the current school school year is still in progress.  In the process I also usually learn new things or re-learn forgotten things.

My favorite new or re-learned bit of knowledge thus far is the handy feature in Microsoft Excel called “Paste transpose”.  This has saved me hours of data re-entry now and will save me hours of frustration next school year, allowing me to re-style assignment sheets into a more user-friendly format.  If you don’t use Excel and/or this feature, here’s a picture of what it does:

I think I’d like a button in life like this one to help me to transpose things.  Were I to have one, on this day I think I would start with my attitudes, beliefs and trust levels.  Come to think of it, I do have one; transformation by the renewing of my mind is Holy Spirit's job. 

What would you like to transpose in your life today?

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Creative Outlet

I agreed to re-purpose a donated dress into a skirt for a costume for "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland."  

Here's what I started with:

Today's Math Lesson

Yesterday I was re-learning about and helping one of my daughters with linear functions.  Today as I was dressing and prepping for the day, it occurred to me that I could describe my life in terms of a linear function.  To be precise, I could show a relationship between my perception of my life and what God says about my life using linear functions and graphing.

Currently my life feels like the following:  when x > or = 0, y = x/7.  Plotting some points on a graph would show a ray that should begin at (0,0) and gently slope upward and to the right.  

My perception of my life currently

In reality, God says that my life is like the following:  (eternal life) ^googolplex , which I cannot graph.

Transform my mind, O God! I want to live out of a Kingdom mindset.

What does your life feel/look like to you today? 

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