Mrs. Evans Blog

"Some people feel the rain. Others just get get wet." I don't know who originally said this, but my high school best friend, Karen, spoke about it at her graduation speech, and it's one of the ways I'll always remember her. The rain can make us wet and cranky. The rain can also make us clean. The rain gives life to everything that grows from the earth. The Bible says God's words are like the rain. They do not go back up to the clouds without first watering what God intends. Some people experience bad thing after bad thing after bad thing, and they still look for moments to be thankful for. Some people go through the worst possible scenarios like childhood cancer or the loss of a child and grieve, cry, can't always handle it, but look for good, look for ways to grow, and look for ways to serve others through it all. Karen lost her life on earth, but saved quite a few others and gained even more time with Jesus. Job lost everything, but nev...

Taken from their website: Conscious Discipline  is an innovative social-emotional learning and classroom management program with a proven track record of sustainable results. Romans 12 showed up in my devotional on the exact same day as my Conscious Discipline seminar, and I wasn't really surprised that, through God's divine power, Paul said most of this stuff first : ) Paul didn't get into the detailed names for connections in the brain, but check out some of these similarities! - "Be transformed by the renewing of your mind." Romans 12:2 Conscious discipline is all about noticing the state of our mind and our mental voice, and creating a pause for self-regulation. We learned about changing our responses to student behavior to help students actually learn executive functioning skills instead of pushing students to a "Survival State" through our use of fear and punishment. I also know that it's always wise to seek guidance from the Holy Spiri...

There's a message in my brain that needs to be organized. Hopefully writing will help me to accomplish that. 29 people are dead this morning because two men took it upon themselves to open fire in public places. I believe at least 3 more are dead after a car accident in which a truck driver took it upon himself to speed and ignore red lights. This comes exactly one week before the date when my best childhood friend Karen Linder died in a car accident. When something doesn't make sense, what is your response? The guys in Psalms asked God about things that didn't make sense all the time. They would ask how long they would have to endure such pain and hardship. They would ask why he was allowing so many bad things to happen to them. They often asked why those who were full of pride, sin, selfishness, idolatry, and who did not fear or love or respect God seemed to have all the success and comfort. So here is my prayer to God. God, I know in my mind and believe ...