GOOD MORNING AND HAPPY FRIDAY!
Early Voting- Early voting began this Monday for the 2022 Texas primaries. Early voting runs from February 14-25. There are several sites available to gather information regarding candidates and issues and their stance regarding public education. A couple of these sources are TeachtheVote and Texas Parent PAC. I encourage you to be informed and to vote.
Plan for Inclement Weather Missed Days- As you are aware, Graham ISD was closed for two days on February 3-4 due to inclement weather. The following is our plan regarding these missed school days. Regarding the student attendance missed days of February 3-4, we will use “banked minutes”; therefore, these two days will remain as student holidays. Regarding the staff missed days of February 3-4, we will use the 2021-2022 School Calendar Bad Weather days of Friday, March 11, 2022, and Monday, April 18, 2022, as staff workdays.
Lady Blues Basketball- Congratulations on the Bi-District Championship over Brownwood. The Lady Blues will play Krum in the Area round at 6:00 pm today in Bowie. GO LADY BLUES!
Lady Blues Soccer- The Lady Blues will be at Mineral Wells this evening at 5:30 pm. GO LADY BLUES!
Graham Steer Soccer- Good luck this evening at Mineral Wells. GO STEERS!
Lady Blues and Graham Steer Tennis- Good luck today vs Burleson Centennial!
Lady Blues Softball- The Lady Blues will host Cisco at 6:00 pm this evening. GO LADY BLUES!
Prop Me Up…
A pastor of a small church would occasionally call on one of the gentlemen to pray, and every time this one particular guy would pray, he would end with the strangest statement, “And, oh Lord, prop us up on our leaning side.”
Finally, one Sunday, the pastor pulled him aside, and he said, “I love the way you pray, but I don’t understand your little closing phrase. What are you talking about – prop us up on our leaning side?”
He responded, “Well, Pastor, I’m a farmer. I live out on the farm and, you know, I live in the country. I’ve got an old barn, and it’s been there a long time. It’s been through a lot of weather, and a lot of storms and a lot of bugs have eaten at it.”
He said, “I got to looking at it one day when I was riding on my tractor, and I noticed that it was leaning to one side. So, I thought to myself, oh my goodness! The barn is leaning, and it’s only a matter of time before the whole thing falls…
He continued, “So, you know what I did? I went and got some pine beams, and I propped it up on its leaning side.” He said, “It still leans, and probably always will. But I propped it up on its leaning side. And it’s not going to fall down because I propped it up on its leaning side. And I got to thinking about it.
When I was on the tractor, Pastor, and I was riding in the field, I thought about the kind of year I’ve had, and some of the storms I’ve been through, and some of the people that are bugging me, and eating away at my joy and eating away at my spirit. And I just got to thinking, you know, I’m still here! I’m still standing, after all, that stuff I’ve been through. The storms, and the howling winds – they couldn’t topple me. I’m still standing by grace.”
He concluded, “From time to time, I find myself leaning. Leaning toward my old desires, leaning toward anger, leaning toward becoming bitter or hateful at the people who are bugging me, or leaning toward going back to the old habits and the old life I used to have. And when I feel myself start to lean toward that tendency, I just remember that old barn, and I pray out loud - "Thank you for propping me up on the leaning side."
- Jentezen Franklin
Have an awesome day… Take care of yourself and others!
CORNY JOKES OF THE DAY!
Why don’t eggs tell jokes? (Scroll down for the answer.)
They would crack each other up!
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