Every assignment is different, and teachers understand that better than most. Every year you greet a different group of students to nurture for the new school year. Some years you believe you have the best class possible and there are the years that you want to pull the blanket over your head and stay in … Continue reading Rewarded for Exceptional Service
Category: love
Love: Foundation of Harmony
I love to listen to choirs and groups. There is nothing more pleasing to the ear than musical harmony. The dictionary defines harmony as a combination of parts into a pleasing or orderly whole. In music we have harmony when two or more voices sing different notes together and the result is pleasing to the … Continue reading Love: Foundation of Harmony
Walking With God: Growing in Love through Friction
It’s impossible to live and walk on this earth and not encounter friction. Friction is a part of life, both our day-to-day existence and our walk of faith. The dictionary says that friction is the resistance that one surface or object encounters when moving over another. You might be saying I don’t want that to be … Continue reading Walking With God: Growing in Love through Friction
God’s Kindness
Have you ever had an experience where you’ve given all that you have financially, emotionally, and sometimes physically and you say enough is enough? At that point, it’s difficult to keep going providing help and support. Our humanity is exhausted and there seems to be nothing left in our basket. But is that what God … Continue reading God’s Kindness
Showing Kindness
The Bible lists kindness in Galatians 5:22-23 NLT: But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these things! Colossians 3:12 NLT Since God chose you to be the holy people he loves, you must clothe yourselves with … Continue reading Showing Kindness
Random Act of Kindness
There are countless stories of individuals who after receiving compassion from someone, go out and interact harshly with someone when they have the power to show compassion. That is a pattern of behavior that has plagued humankind. Then there are stories of random acts of kindness that impact the lives of others. This tells us … Continue reading Random Act of Kindness
Love Forgives
God’s message to humanity is a message of love: a love so great that a holy God who would send His only Son to die for sinful man. John 15:13 GNT says it this way, The greatest love you can have for your friends is to give your life for them. Romans 3:23 NLT For … Continue reading Love Forgives
God’s Love
When you listen to people share the word of God, you learn that lovingkindness is mercy. So, I wondered why Psalm 51:1 uses both words. Well, lovingkindness is English translation of the Hebrew word checed. Psalm 51:1 NKJV Have mercy upon me, O God,According to Your lovingkindness;According to the multitude of Your tender mercies,Blot out … Continue reading God’s Love
Loving God: Loving Others
We are all involved in relationships; that is the way God made us. God has shown us in His word how to form relationships with others. Proverbs 3:3-4 NLT Never let loyalty and kindness leave you! Tie them around your neck as a reminder. Write them deep within your heart.Then you will find favor with both God … Continue reading Loving God: Loving Others
Christmas: Celebration of Remembrance
Christmas is a celebration of remembrance; we remember and celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. Nowadays it’s more of a celebration without remembering the birth of the one who made the season possible. There are those who believe that He was just another prophet but, even history had to acknowledge that His birth made a … Continue reading Christmas: Celebration of Remembrance
Victory Walk 