Be The Teacher

There is coming a day when you will see God face to face. On this day, you will stand before the Lord and He will say, "Well done." or "Depart from me."  The God of all creation will evaluate your faithfulness to Him while you walked this earth. God will be the final and righteous judge. We only get one life. One chance to get it right. We have to be so in tune with what God's Word says about true faithfulness that there's no way we are mistaking what the world says is faithful with what God says is faithful. Proverbs 14:12 says, "There is a way that appears to be right, but in the end it leads to death." I don't want to be faithful in all the wrong things. The world says, speak what you want. The Word says, speak with grace. The world says, live as you please. The Word says, live as God pleases. The world says, follow your heart. The Word says, follow God's heart. The world says, do what feels good. The Word says, do what is rig

Hi all! I usually post on Sunday night so ya'll will have a fresh blog post to set you up for the week. However, I've been so sick I'm just now getting around to posting. I've actually not been in my classroom to teach one day this week. And tonight and tomorrow are PT conferences!! AHHHH. I'm having to reschedule. So if you think about it, say a prayer for me!! We are in the 6th week of our delve into the fruit of the Spirit. So far we have talked about love, joy, peace, patience and kindness. Today we are going to talk about goodness. I think goodness is one part of the fruit of the Spirit that we have a little trouble wrapping our minds around. The definition of goodness seems a little obscure. Maybe because its meaning isn't as cut and dry as joy or patience. Or maybe it's because we use the word "good" so flippantly in our vocabulary to describe so many things. Goodness Defined So how DO we describe goodness? Merriam-Webster uses t

Ever heard of Kid President? This is his quote. :) Kindness Matters Have you ever been cut off in traffic? Called a name by a classmate? Have you ever been purposely left out or ignored? Do you have an inconsiderate co-worker? Or a family member that makes you feel inferior? When I was a kid, my my dad would tell me "Just kill them with kindness, Kristy." This advice changed my life. At first my motives behind my actions on this were more harsh than kind. I wanted to get back at them. But, the longer I've used my dad's advice the less harsh my motives have become because I've seen the proof of the power of this Biblical truth: Kindness changes hearts and minds.   You say, "Yeah, Kristy. It's not that easy. Showing kindness is really hard when someone has hurt you." And I'll say right back, "I totally agree!" Being kind to an offender is one of the hardest things I've ever done. Honestly, I can't say that it gets any easier each