FEAR HIM
For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his love for those who fear him; But from everlasting to everlasting the Lord’s love is with those who fear him, and his righteousness with their children’s children—with those who keep his covenant and remember to obey his precepts. Psalm 103: 11, […]
DISCIPLINE IS ESSENTIAL
Whoever heeds discipline shows the way to life, but whoever ignores correction leads others astray. Proverbs 10:17, NIV No one likes discipline. But it is essential to living a healthy life. Discipline only works when it has lasting effects and a person applies what they have learned to their lives. When someone tries to resist […]
I TRUST YOU
Defend my cause and redeem me; preserve my life according to your promise. Psalm 119:154, NIV At this point in the school year, we are all settled in—in theory. We know where we should be academically. We know what we still need to do. We know our students well enough to know which ones need […]
Wait Up!
So the Lord must wait for you to come to him so he can show you his love and compassion. For the Lord is a faithful God. Blessed are those who wait for his help. Isaiah 30:18, NLT Have you ever had a student ask you to wait for them? Maybe she is daintily placing […]
SPEAK LIFE
Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof. Proverbs 18:21, KJV During the last week of school as a student-teacher, I remember watching the teachers doing final checklists, updating cumulative folders, and creating class rosters for the next school year. As I listened […]
BUT THEN, GOD…
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Heb. 11:1 KJV Recently, my husband needed a new front facia for our car. He had searched for a vendor and made an online purchase. When the large, bulky part arrived, he unwrapped it only to discover it was the […]
THE PRINCIPAL’S OFFICE
Whoever ignores instruction despises himself, but he who listens to reproof gains intelligence. Proverbs 15:32, ESV I clearly remember the first time I was called into the principal’s office, not as a student, but as a teacher sometime in October during my first year of teaching. I’d probably been there many times before that for […]
SUCH GREAT JOY
What joy for those whose record the LORD has cleared of sin, whose lives are lived in complete honesty! Psalm 32:2, NLT When I really pause to think about this and other passages like this, I’m amazed. God has overlooked my self-centered nature, cleared my record, cleansed my mind and heart, entered into a joint […]
STAY ALERT
We must pay the most careful attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away. Hebrews 2:1, NIV “Let’s stay focused.” “Pay attention, please.” “Listen up, 2nd graders.” Seriously, if I had a dime for every time I said this in my classroom, I’d be a billionaire! But it is […]
MAELSTROMS AND MATURITY
Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. James 1:4, NIV A friend of mine is a reading facilitator at a nationally recognized Blue Ribbon, primarily Hispanic, inner-city school. Her days are filled with co-teaching in several primary grades and serving dyslexic and struggling readers individually and […]