Such encouraging words, Betty–thank you very much, friend. This truth speaks volumes: “Thank God you are not the same teacher you were back then and thank God you won’t be the same teacher next year.” I am thanking God for that very thing right now! Still so much room to grow. Grace, come.

I’m glad you shared this approach here, Beverley. It still gives an outlet for those who like visual accountability (which I still do, for the record) but without the competitive or perfection mindsets. Wise words: “All we can do is follow the Spirit and do as directed and see what happens.”

I took a smaller church outline and put it on my classroom wall and i said to my class of 6-8 years old children that if they felt they had read their scriptures every day that week they could come and place a sticker on the chart. I explained it did not matter if they read one verse, one line, one page, one chapter, if they read a scripture story from the children’s picture books or even if they read with an adult. If they felt they had done what they had set out to do they could come a place a sticker. I also told them it was not a race and it was not about how many stickers each person got. It was between them and their Heavenly Father.

You know i didn’t think they would get it, but the 8 year old children took off first but now the younger ones also want to join in. All we can do is follow the Spirit and do as directed and see what happens.

I still remember my youth Sunday school teacher!

Thanks for your vote of confidence in me, Trudy. 🙂 Where would we be without grace? So thankful for it.

Oh, I love the similarities in our stories, Sherrey. How grateful I am that God is powerful enough to spread grace through us even unaware!

You’re so right, Mia. I am still unlearning things all the time. God’s upside-down economy is definitely contrary to what we learn in the world but it’s so much better!

That’s the great reminder, Mari-Anna: it’s not about us; it’s about him. Thank you!