Finding a Way

I am disappointed with myself. I woke up late this morning and didn’t have time for my devotions. It definitely was not a positive start to the day. I was able to pray as I went, but it is not the same as praying God’s Word. Thankfully, I had some time in my first hour at the school to spend time in the Bible. I am thankful that God always provide a way or a time to be with Him if I am looking.

Today’s scripture is from Genesis 13-14. It would be easy to focus on the issues surrounding the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, but today God impressed on me the heart of Abram. When faced with conflict between his business and that of his nephew Lot, rather than using his obvious position of authority to get the best land, Abram humbly offered Lot the choice of where to live. How often do we make those types of choices in our life? How often are we willing to listen to God and take the apparent less profitable path? As we see in this passage, it is Abram who continues to prosper, Lot finds trouble and Abram must rescue him. Abram chose to be humble and trust the Lord for his provision and the result was success and blessings!

I was once again working with specific students today and spent most of my day in Mrs. Sharry, Mrs. Kimble, and Mrs. Kirby’s classrooms. Once again I was blessed to be in their classrooms. All three of these teachers are exceptional educators. It saddens me, however, when our students don’t appreciation these ladies. I am convinced that much of the discipline difficulties we have in the school can be discovered in the lack of parental support. In both Mrs. Kirby and Mrs. Kimble’s classrooms I was amazed to see students arguing with the teacher. We need to pray for or teachers, that they will be blessed as they serve in such a thankless profession.

I found that the same is true for our students on my bus today as well. I had to stop the bus and rearrange the entire bus to deal with students who don’t know how to behave on a bus.

After getting home, I (had a bowl of ice cream of course) and then mowed the yard. This pretty much wore me out. I am now ready to go to bed. Have a blessed eveing!