FINDING REST AFTER THE FINAL BELL
“Whom have I in heaven but You? And earth has nothing I desire besides You. My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.” Psalm 73:25–26, NIV Today’s verse acknowledges what every educator feels at times: “My flesh and my heart may fail.” By the […]
DEAR EDUCATOR: THIS SUMMER, PLEASE REST. REALLY REST.
Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Matthew 11:28, NIV Rest is easy to talk about and surprisingly hard to actually practice. Every educator knows what summer can quickly become: a long list of “finally I have time to…” tasks. Courses to finish. Certifications to maintain. […]
LET GO AND LET GOD
“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.” Matthew 11:28, NIV So many times, I find myself attempting to control the uncontrollable: rain for my farming and ranching brothers in Christ, a good choice for an athlete on a bus ride home, completed work from a student […]
COURAGE TO REST
Then, because so many people were coming and going that they did not even have a chance to eat, he said to them, “Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest.” Mark 6:31, NIV Each school year feels like a cross-country race. Or more accurately, it feels like a marathon. […]
REFLECTING
Shout for joy to God, all the earth! Psalm 66:1a, NIV As we wrap up another challenging school year, it can be tempting to think, “I don’t want to remember anything from this year!” But what if we focused on all that God has done this past school year instead of trying to forget about […]
REGARDLESS
Be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage—with great patience and careful instruction. 2 Timothy 4:2, NIV Sow your seed in the morning, and at evening let not your hands be idle, for you do not know which will succeed, whether this or that, or whether both will do equally well. […]
NEAR TO US
What other nation is so great as to have their gods near them the way the Lord our God is near us whenever we pray to Him? Deuteronomy 4:7, NIV One of the greatest gifts we have as believers is the nearness of God. He is not distant, distracted, or indifferent. He is present. For […]
HUMILITY WRAPPED IN LOVE
Therefore, if you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any common sharing in the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and of one mind. Do nothing out of selfish ambition […]
A DIVINE TEACHING STRATEGY
The Spirit told Philip, “Go to that chariot and stay near it.” Then Philip ran up to the chariot and heard the man reading Isaiah the prophet. “Do you understand what you are reading?” Philip asked. “How can I,” he said, “unless someone explains it to me?” So he invited Philip to come up and sit […]
RIGHT ON TIME
For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry. Habakkuk 2:3, KJV Time is relative. This seems especially true in education. The school year starts at a steady pace, then […]