SEEN
Hagar used another name to refer to the Lord, who had spoken to her. She said, “You are the God who sees me.” Genesis 16:13, NLT I had the craziest thing happen to me on my last visit to Animal Kingdom. As I was walking in to attend the Lion King show, a Disney worker […]
PROMISE
The Lord smelled the pleasing aroma and said in his heart: “Never again will I curse the ground because of humans, even though every inclination of the human heart is evil from childhood. And never again will I destroy all living creatures, as I have done. “As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, […]
PART 2: LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR…EVEN THE DIFFICULT ONES
“A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.” John 13:34-35, ESV In this verse, Jesus is talking to His closest […]
PART 1: LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR
And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near. Hebrews 10:24-25, ESV At the beginning of one particular school year, a young, full […]
TEACHING IS A GIFT
If your gift is serving others, serve them well. If you are a teacher, teach well. Romans 12:7, NLT God has given each of you a gift from his great variety of spiritual gifts. Use them well to serve one another…Then everything you do will bring glory to God through Jesus Christ. 1 Peter 4:10-1, […]
THE MISSING PEN
If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. 1 John 1:9, NIV We all have those students that we tend to bond with more than others. They may be the “teacher’s pet,” the more extroverted student that just seems to befriend […]
TREAT WITH THE NEW CREATION
And He died for all, so that they who live might no longer live for themselves, but for Him who died and rose again on their behalf. Therefore from now on we recognize no one by the flesh… 2 Corinthians 5:15-16a, NASB Years ago I attended a “professional manners” seminar at a new job where […]
TLC
What is man that you are mindful of him, the son of man that you care for him? Psalm 8:4, ESV What place bustles the most in a school every morning before the morning bell and every day after lunch? Well, besides the principal’s office…it’s the school nurse’s office. Though the nurse meets everyone in […]
NETTED
Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from Your presence, and take not your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and uphold me with a willing spirit. Psalm 51:10-12, ESV Last summer, my husband Eric and I […]
S{WALLOW}ED
To the roots of the mountains I sank down; the earth beneath barred me in forever. But you, Lord my God, brought my life up from the pit. Jonah 2:6, NIV “Morgan, are you going to Nineveh, or are you getting swallowed by the big fish?” These words hit me like a lightning bolt. I […]