One year while I was still teaching, there was a Grade 8 student in the school who was a real tough guy. No one liked him, and he had no friends. As a result of his behavior, the principal had him sent to a special school for kids with behavior problems.This student...
"Hear a just cause, O LORD; attend to my cry! Give ear to my prayer from lips free of deceit!" (Psalm 17:1 ESV)Roy Minich tells of a strange discovery he made as he was walking along a country lane near his summer camp. In a weedy fence corner, he noticed a large...
“In the morning, Lord, you hear my voice; in the morning I lay my requests and wait expectantly.” (Psalms 5:3 NIV)In case you’re keeping track, yes, the last two parts of The Sling for God were also focused on Ps. 5:3. Today’s devotional is also from this same...
On Monday, we looked at the lessons we can learn from David in Psalm 5:1-3. This devotional will focus on one more lesson from these same verses:“Listen to my words, Lord, consider my lament. Hear my cry for help, my King and my God, for to you I pray. In...
“Listen to my words, Lord, consider my lament. Hear my cry for help, my King and my God, for to you I pray.” (Psalm 5:1-2 NIV)I love this verse. It shows me that David spent time talking with his Heavenly Father. And if David, a man loved by God’s own heart...
It was the end of the school year, and my colleagues from Grade 4 were briefing me on the students I would be receiving the following year. “It’s a difficult class,” they said. “Not at all like the great class you have now!”I had to chuckle. They had forgotten that...
“My son, do not forget my teaching, But let your heart keep my commandments; For length of days and years of life And peace they will add to you." (Proverbs 3:1-2 NASB)It was a hard decision to leave my grade 2 classroom in northern Ontario and move to warmer...