AH! IT’S FRIDAY!
Remember that the Sabbath Day belongs to me. Exodus 20:8, CEV Ah! It’s Friday! What a relief to know that the long, five-day week has come to an end. As I sit here on a quiet Friday afternoon before anyone else arrives home, I rest. I rest and listen. I listen to the wind and […]
LOVING EYE
I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with My loving eye on you. Psalm 32:8, NIV The Lord’s loving eye is upon us not just occasionally, but every day and every moment. He watches over us with care, guiding and instructing us in the way […]
SWEET SURRENDER
Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. James 4:7, NIV We’re educators. We know how to teach, train, use best practices and pedagogy, and yet, sometimes we are the ones who miss the simplest lessons. This happened to me recently. I follow a Christian mom on social media […]
MANNA SEASON
“Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and […]
THE DUMPSTER FIRE: IT’S NOT GOOD, BUT MY GOD IS
Job stood up and tore his robe in grief. Then he shaved his head and fell to the ground to worship. He said, “I came naked from my mother’s womb, and I will be naked when I leave. The LORD gave me what I had, and the LORD has taken it away. Praise the name […]
CALLED TO SHINE
I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness but will have the light of life. John 8:12, NIV For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light. Ephesians 5:8, NIV As educators, it’s easy to get caught up in […]
AN INVITATION
When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze. Isaiah 43:2, NIV I sat at my desk at the beginning of the […]
ALL DRESSED UP
Be dressed and ready for service and keep your lamps burning, like men waiting… so that when He comes and knocks they can immediately open the door for Him. Luke 12:35-36, NIV Music teachers often feel like the June and Ward Cleavers of the teaching profession—perfectly polished on the outside while juggling nonstop responsibilities behind […]
RELY ON THE HOLY SPIRIT
Suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared and a light shone in the cell. He struck Peter on the side and woke him up. “Quick, get up!” he said, and the chains fell off Peter’s wrists. Acts 12:7, NIV About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners […]
TRADING SHAME FOR PRAISE
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! 2 Corinthians 5:17, NIV But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been […]