Blog Post 1: God as my refuge in life’s storms…

It happened again… I used ‘shouting’ as a classroom management strategy! Much to my regret… After mulling over the matter, I prayed and asked God for forgiveness as I lost my cool yet again. I prayed for patience, gentleness and self control and that I would do right by the students I teach.

I recalled a book entitled “Why Are You Shouting at Us?” by Phil Beadle and John Murphy . I remembered the writer talked about the 5 Cs of compassionate teaching -Calm, Confidence, Clear, Compassion and Consistent! I realised that I forgot some of these qualities as I was eager to complete the syllabus and was too task oriented.

It was a lesson not learnt…and I suffered a consequence for it. I prayed for God’s mercy on me and also prayed for His hand on the whole matter. I guess God wants me to go round the mountain and relearnt the lesson. It’s rather discourging but I will look to God and press on to change the way I manage behaviour-Christ’s way -peaceful teaching.

One colleague shared that there are too many evil forces around us but we have God on our side and we will overcome. I was fortified and further encouraged when I looked at scriptures.

Psalm 91:9-10 Because you have made the Lord your dwelling place-the Most High, who is my refuge- “no evil shall be allowed to befall you, no plague come near your tent.”

Yes, as I made God my dwelling place, I will be assured that no evil shall befall me and no plague will come near my tent. Thanking God for his mercy and grace always:P.