Smile!

Need a smile? Or a little laughter? You gotta see Julie at her blog, "Joy's Hope", and her little Janie today. It might even save you 15% somehow...too cute!

Happy Quilting,
Pokey

Words for Wednesday

Hudson Taylor wrote to his wife at a time of great need. He did not ask anything of men, his requests were made in prayer, to the God of all provision. He wrote:

"We have 25 cents, and all the promises of God!"

Hudson Taylor was the first English missionary to China. Founder, China Inland Mission. Taylor spent five years translating the New Testament into the Ningpo dialect. At his death in 1905, there were 205 stations with 849 missionaries, and 125,000 Chinese Christians in the China Inland Mission.


These words inspired me today, I hope they do the same for you!

Blessings, Pokey

Sunday Inspirational Posts

"Hosanna; Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord!" Mark 11:9

Today, there have been two blogs that inspired me in my walk with the Lord, I wanted to share with you their posts.

Jenn of Life in Bonetown shared about the words of songs, and how we seem to pay more attention as we grow older. She shared a song, "Midnight Cry", that really is a personal favorite of mine.
Never done this before, I'll see if I can paste a You Tube copy here.



Sparkle Jars posted a great quote, which made me want to share a little more in depth about my class theme.

Front and center of my room are these patchwork-colored letters, "Always Do Your Best".
After reading the Sunday Quote that Gayle posted, I wanted to share just what "YOUR Best" means in my classroom.
I start the year telling them that Mr. Davis is an artist, while I am drawing something, usually an animal, on the chalkboard, doing my best.
When I'm done, I ask the class if Mr. Davis could have drawn it better (and sometimes, their answer is an enthusiastic "YES!!") That is when I remind them I am required to do MY best, no matter how good someone else's drawing may be.
Teaching at a Christian school, I present the fact that God only requires my best of me, and not that it matches someone else's ability.

That, my friends, is part of God's Grace.

Blessings,
Pokey

God's Promise

It has been raining in California. Three days in the classroom with 26 kids, MAN! We have done every creative thing I can come up with.




After school, this was the view outside my classroom around 4:30 pm, too late to show it to my kids. That would've been neat to enjoy their enthusiasm! Or to share mine with them-!



My Larry said this looked like God used the palm trees for a paintbrush....

Genesis 9:13

"I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth."

A rainbow is God's promise!
Pokey

Christmas in the Classroom

Hi! It is amazing to be so busy and not have have much to post, but it's mostly about SCHOOL and the little guys these days.

We have 26 glittered angels for them to hang on their Christmas tree when we get out of school tomorrow on our Christmas break. Also, there are 52 gingerbread boy and girl ornaments. Most of my boys are asking, "Why do I have to make a girl one, Mrs. Davis?", with my reply being, "Because your Mom will like it," and that usually appeases the grumbling. There have been wreaths hanging in the classroom windows, with the verse from 1 John 4:10, saying:

"Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us, and sent His Son [to be] the propitiation for our sins."

Kinda deep stuff in that verse, huh? But, that is God's love for you, simple, yet complex; basic, yet intricate, all of the above.


Wednesday, we presented the Christmas Pageant in our Chapel service, with a class of 7 and 8 year olds reciting the entire passage of Luke 2:1-20, and they were amazing! Little shepherds that in rehearsal the day before were rolling around on the floor, now were acting it out like pros! All the while wearing pillowcase robes with rag belts and coverings on their heads. The angels' costumes are old children's choir tops, and garlands for halos balanced on their heads.
"Mrs. Davis, it keeps falling off! What will I do?" "Well, pick it up, put it back on, and keep going!" It fell off, she picked it up and slapped it back up there, and on we went. Too cute!

Tonight is the school wide musical, "Happy Birthday, Jesus!" It's sure to be a great night of singing and hyper-ness in approximately 75 minutes of the evening. What fun!

I really do enjoy the job, no, the ministry of being a teacher in a Christian school.

Merry Christmas, Pokey