CLARINET REEDS
Show me your ways, O Lord, teach me your paths; guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long. Psalm 25:4-5, NIV Beginning clarinetists break reeds! My students took so much time during lessons or band class to come to my […]
COURAGE
Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the Lord your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you. Deuteronomy 31:6, NIV When we were kids, we didn’t think our teachers were capable of being afraid. But now that we are teachers, administrators, and paraprofessionals, […]
GONE FISHING
“Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will send you out to fish for people.” At once they left their nets and followed him. Matthew 4:19-20, NIV As I prepared the day’s lessons and graded papers the other morning before school, I suddenly envisioned Jesus standing at the door of my classroom with His hands […]
SEASONS
To everything there is a season, A time for every purpose under heaven […] He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also He has put eternity in their hearts, except that no one can find out the work that God does from beginning to end. Ecclesiastes 3:1 & 11, NKJV Have you ever stopped […]
LETTING OFF A LITTLE STEAM
And have you completely forgotten this word of encouragement that addresses you as a father addresses his son? It says, “My son, do not make light of the Lord’s discipline, and do not lose heart when he rebukes you, because the Lord disciplines the one he loves, and he chastens everyone he accepts as his […]
PERSEVERANCE
Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. James 1:4, NIV At the age of fourteen, shortly after making a commitment to Jesus Christ, Virginia Kingston heard a foreign missionary speak at her church. As he spoke, the Lord birthed a dream in Virginia’s heart that she […]
PROMISED LAND
He said, “If you listen carefully to the Lord your God and do what is right in his eyes, if you pay attention to his commands and keep all his decrees, I will not bring on you any of the diseases I brought on the Egyptians, for I am the Lord, who heals you.” Exodus […]
DELIGHT YOURSELF IN THE LORD
Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart. Psalm 37:4, NIV Do you delight in the Lord? Do you seek Him for all your needs? Do you give Him thanks for the good school days and the bad school days? Do you think about Him often? Do you […]
LOOK TO THE LORD
I sought the LORD, and he answered me and delivered me from all my fears. Those who look to him are radiant, and their faces shall never be ashamed. Psalm 34:4-5, ESV Are you feeling worried today? Do you have a lot on your mind? If so, I want to remind you that the Bible […]
BEAUTY FROM BROKENNESS
“…he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound; […] To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit […]