Mrs. Evans Blog

 God Loves Math: In which I select a random Bible verse from a random Bible verse generator ( this one ) and ask God to show me a new way of understanding Him, honoring Him, and loving Him while using a mathematical mindset to approach the section of scripture.  Today's Random Bible Verse Titus 2:14 "Who gave himself to us to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for himself a people that are his very own, eager to do what is good." This is a description of Jesus. He gave himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness. He also did it to purify for himself a people that are his very own, eager to do what is good. He wanted to save his people. He links his saved people that belong to him with people that are eager to do good. That implies that if I am one of Jesus' people, than I must be eager to do good.  A desire to do what is good should be a direct result of what Jesus did when he saved me by dying on the cross and rising again. This is should be a function.

 God Loves Math: In which I select a random Bible verse from a random Bible verse generator ( this one ) and ask God to show me a new way of understanding Him, honoring Him, and loving Him while using a mathematical mindset to approach the section of scripture.  Today's Random Bible Verse Romans 6:3 "Or don't you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?" Right before today's random verse, the author makes the point that, while we see God's grace when he forgives our sins, of course we should not keep on sinning... Then comes our random Bible verse. Then he makes this follow-up statement: "We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life." (Romans 6:4) This short section is talking about what the sin in our life should look like. The Bible is very clear that all have sinned and fall

God Loves Math: In which I select a random Bible verse from a random Bible verse generator ( this one ) and ask God to show me a new way of understanding Him, honoring Him, and loving Him while using a mathematical mindset to approach the section of scripture.  Today's Random Bible Verse Hebrews 3:4 "For every house is built by someone, but God is the builder of everything." Oh, this verse is full of meaning when considered mathematically! (Although we see it much more when we look at it in its context.)  Hebrews 3:1 tells us to fix our thoughts on Jesus, "whom we acknowledge as our apostle and high priest." Why should we do that? "Let's prove Jesus deserves it," is essentially the approach taken by the author. I can appreciate a good proof.  1) If someone is faithful, then they deserve honor. We know this is true because the Bible talks about Moses being found worthy of honor because he was faithful "in all God's house." 2) If Jesus

 God Loves Math: In which I select a random Bible verse from a random Bible verse generator ( this one ) and ask God to show me a new way of understanding Him, honoring Him, and loving Him while using a mathematical mindset to approach the section of scripture.  Today's Random Bible Verse Galatians 6:7 Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows.  Thought #1 Our lives are similar to functions. For a relation to be a function, one input can only go to one output. If I input the value x=4  and can get y=2   or y=5 , I do not have a function because the input in a function must have only one output. We reap what we sow. If an input of x=4  maps to an output of y=2 , then we could say that sowing a 4 will reap a 2. If we sow "tirelessly doing good" as we're instructed to in verse 9, then God promises our output will be a harvest. This idea is backed up in Matthew 7:18. "A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit.&q

 Tonight I'm thinking about the unique way that God has created me.  I have been a math teacher. That has been my only career until being a coach these last 3 years. I've continued to be a math teacher while coaching. God created me with a deep love of learning. Mathematics is a bunch of well defined rules that give us an incredible playground of puzzles. I became a teacher because I wanted to do mathematics and work with people. I would never have become a teacher of any other subject. I get that you can learn in Science and Social Studies and English, so why do I love math so much? I love the definitions. Something is how we define it. I think of the stupid Neature Walk videos from high school... "It's called an aspen because that's what it is..." But really, the world operates a certain way, but in mathematics, the world exists in perfection in our minds. When we say something is a circle, we mean it is the set of all points equidistant from a center. Where

I have no words to adequately describe the frustration of American school teachers right now.  God,  Teachers, students, and public schools need a miracle right now. Thank you for reminding me that the ultimate goal isn't a thriving public school system (unless that is your goal for us). The ultimate goal is "populating heaven." Please help me to remember that obstacles provide opportunities.  When there wasn't any food, Jesus fed 5000 people with a few loaves of bread and a few fish. The humans didn't have what was needed, but Jesus did.  When Moses and the Israelites faced the Red Sea, they probably had a much more desperate prayer than we do right now, although the value and worth of our students, teachers, and admin, and their salvation is just as important as every life you saved when you parted the waters. You saved a nation then, and you can save a generation now.  When Joseph's brothers thought they were going to die of starvation, you had already put