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Sunday, April 27, 2008
Where I want to Be
We are in a better place than we were a year ago. People that have my back surround me. People that are humble, caring, nice, forgiving, and most importantly people that know that we all have warts, and flaws, that know we are not perfect, yet still love us. For the first time in my life, I know true community. Community that shares in our troubles, community that you can bare your soul and not be condemned, or talked about when you are not around. A place that is safe and people that are safe with your “dirt”. This last year, 2006-2007, has been about learning that not everyone is safe, even family members and long time friends may not be safe to confide in. When you confide in people that are not safe, you are throwing your pearls before swine. I have also learned how easy it is to do these thing; how easy is it to gossip and spread things that aren’t ours to spread. I have learned that I must surround my inner circle with people that are safe. People that will gracefully redirect me when I get off course.
So…thanks to my new family that does not hold grudges, is safe, and genuinely interested in who I am and what I am about.
MC
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Pray with your door shut!
Oaths were signed and pledges made as we went through one of three of the most stressful days teachers, administrators and students go through each year. I am glad it is over! I have 2 more to go!
While I was up "actively monitoring" my students, making sure they were all doing the right thing, I used my silence to pray for each and every child in my classroom. I lifted each one of them up by name, that they would not be stressed and that they would remember all the things they have been taught.
I laugh when people complain about the lack of prayer in school. People like to gripe about how there is no prayer in schools and schools have gone downhill every since they took prayer out of school. This is not true. All the teachers I have ever worked with in the last 10 years have been people of prayer. Teachers are a praying bunch of people. Many of my colleges admit to telling their students that they are praying for them.
If the only way we can pray is an organized public prayer with someone else leading it, I don't want it! Prayer in school is alive and well today, maybe better than ever. It's the silent prayer-Didn't Jesus have something to say about Silent Prayer? Something about closing your door and praying?
I freely admit to praying with the door shut today. Not to boast or to be seen by men, but to encourage you not to believe all the hype that the world crams down your throat. They want you to believe that the schools are bad, evil, that kids are bad. . . They are all lies! Schools are good, safe, and filled with Godly men and women that pray with the door shut.
Don't believe the lie that you can't pray in public schools today.
Pray with your door shut!
Sunday, March 2, 2008
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