There was once a student in the Grade 8 class at the last school where I taught. She was loud and belligerent, she was a total behavior problem in her classroom, and as a result, everyone shunned her.Because I was a Grade 5 French Immersion teacher on the first floor,...
It was my final year of teaching, and we had a new principal in our school. I don’t know if she was really tougher than our former principal, or if it just seemed that way because we weren’t used to her and she wasn’t used to us. Whichever way it was, it seemed to us...
Many years ago, back when I was still at university, I had a friend who was from the south pacific. He was attending the same university, and he had a car. I, of course, did not have one; though I did have my driver’s license, and he would often offer to drive me into...
David loved to follow our Heavenly Father. In fact, rather than think about himself, he chose to follow our Heavenly Father: “Vindicate me, Lord, for I have led a blameless life; I have trusted in the Lord and have not faltered.” (Psalms 26:1 NIV) I so often have to...
“Who, then, are those who fear the Lord? He will instruct them in the ways they should choose. They will spend their days in prosperity, and their descendants will inherit the land. The Lord confides in those who fear him; he makes his covenant known to them. My eyes...
“In you, Lord my God, I put my trust. I trust in you; do not let me be put to shame, nor let my enemies triumph over me. No one who hopes in you will ever be put to shame, but shame will come on those who are treacherous without cause.” (Psalm 25:1-3...
“The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it; for he founded it on the seas and established it on the waters.” (Psalms 24:1-2 NIV).I never fully understood what this meant when it says that God founded the world on the seas and...