Give Thanks

The Mighty One, God, the Lord, 
has spoken, and summoned the earth
from the rising of the sun to it setting.
Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty,
God has shown forth.
Psalm 50:1-2
Give thanks with a grateful heart

Give thanks to the Holy One

Give thanks because He's given Jesus Christ, His Son.

And now, let the weak say, "I am strong"

Let the poor say, "I am rich"

Because of what the Lord has done for me.

Give thanks.

Wisdom

By wisdom the Lord founded the earth;

by understanding he created the heavens.

By his knowledge

the deep fountains of the earth burst forth,

and the dew settles beneath the night sky.

Proverbs 3:19

But of Him you are in Christ Jesus, 
who became for us wisdom from God—
and righteousness and sanctification and redemption— 
that, as it is written, 
“He who glories, let him glory in the Lord."
i Corinthians 1:30-31

1972

My first year of teaching public school was in rural Forsyth County, Georgia, in 1972. A new building had been added to house the first and second grades, but the interior was far from being finished for several weeks .

A cornfield had been partially cleared for the construction, leaving dried stalks, and hungry crows.
Behind us were lovely woods and a gurgling creek with ferns growing in the shade.

To get away from the workmen with their drills and hammers, I took the 17 six year-olds for many nature walks and treasure hunts that September.

A special memory that year was my Mother spending the day with us on a field trip and teaching the children a song from her childhood about the Scarecrow in the Cornfield.

The scarecrow stands up all day long,
Nodding and waving to the old wind's song.
His coat tail flapping and his hat pulled low
As he stands and waits to scare that crow.

Highest Honor

Therefore, God elevated Jesus

to the place of highest honor

and gave Him the name above all other names,

that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,

in heaven and on earth and under the earth,

and every tongue confess that

Jesus Christ is Lord,

to the glory of God the Father.

Philippians 2:9-11

Encourage Yourself in the Lord

I have been crucified with Christ;

It is no longer I who live

but Christ who lives in me;

and the life which I now live in the flesh

I live by faith in the Son of God,

who loved me and gave Himself for me.

Galatians 2:20

How precious are Your thoughts about me, O God!

They cannot be numbered!

I cannot even count them;

they outnumber the grains of sand!

And when I wake up

You are still with me.

Psalm 139:17-18