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Tuesday August 19, 2008 Greetings! Welcome to another fun and enriching day of learning.
DISCOURAGEMENT
Sometimes when we tackle a new assignment in an unfamiliar area, we can
become discouraged if we falter. We might be tempted to think that we
just can't do it, or even that we don't have what it takes to complete
what we have started. Take heart! Psalm 9:10 (TEV) says, “Those
who know you, Lord, will trust you; you do not abandon anyone who comes
to you.”
”When things go wrong, as they sometimes will,
When the funds are low and the debts are high
And you want to smile, but you have to sigh,
When care is pressing you down a bit,
Rest! If you must—but never quit.
Life is (strange), with its twists and turns,
As every one of us sometimes learns,
And many a failure turns about
When he might have won if he'd stuck it out;
Stick to your task, though the pace seems slow.
You may succeed with one more blow.
Success is failure turned inside out,
The silver tint of the clouds of doubt.
And you never can tell how close you are,
It may be near when it seems afar,
So stick to the fight when you're hardest hit.
It's when things seem worst that
You mustn't quit!” --Unknown
Monday August 18, 2008
HONESTY
Most of us grow up hearing the saying, “Honesty is the best policy.”
Sometimes, however, honesty can be costly, and we have choices to make about
following the more, or less, honorable path.
In Ted Engstrom's Integrity, he tells the story of basketball coach Cleveland
Stroud and his Rockdale County High School “Bulldogs.” After
a remarkable championship season of 21 wins against just 5 losses, the
Bulldogs were on their way to the Georgia boy's basketball tournament
a couple of years ago. In the state finals, they pulled off a come-from-behind
victory. They did not, however, win a trophy.
The Georgia High School Association denied the school its award because
school officials reported that a scholastically ineligible player had
put in 45 seconds in the first of Rockdale's post season games. Coach
Stroud hadn't realized at the time that this was the case. People criticized
him for mentioning the incident, saying that the player wasn't even that
good! His response? “You've got to do what's honest and right and
what the rules say. I told my team that people forget the scores of basketball
games; they don't ever forget what you're made of.”
Isaiah 35:15-16 (NKJV) tells us: “He who walks righteously and
speaks uprightly, He who despises the gain of oppressions, Who gestures
with his hands, refusing bribes, Who stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed,
And shuts his eyes from seeing evil; He will dwell on high; His place
of defense will be the fortress of rocks. Bread will be given him, His
water will be sure.”
Important Reminders for all
students:
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When completing Multiple Choice or Fill in the
Blank assignments, PLEASE DO NOT hit enter until you have finished! If you
do, the computer reads all your remaining answers as incorrect!
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For Free Responses, you can revise or change
your response as many times as you wish until your teacher has graded it.
This assignment cannot be reset!
"I
am always thinking of the Lord; and because He is so near, I never need to
stumble or to fall. Heart, body, and soul are filled with joy." Psalm
16:8-9, TLB.
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