A Lesson in Grace.

I've been reading In the Gripe of Grace by Max Lucado lately. It's the book in my purse, so I read on the bus and the subway. Today, I had the chance to see if I had learned anything from what I am reading. For whatever reason the students have been a little crazy today. I took Hercules out to go to the bathroom and Laura Ann is out with my class scolding them. The class had ran out to go to the bathroom, and she didn't tell them they could go, they all just ran out. She told them that she was giving them all minus 2 when they got back in the classroom. When I walked in the room everybody had minus points. I'm pretty sure minus 2 was the lowest. I talk with my students, I tell them I am not happy and this isn't good. That they need to behave. At the end of 4th period, I give them stickes or take stickers away based on their points. So the time comes, and nobody really earns stickes, I should be taking stickers away from everybody. So do I show these students whatever I've learned about reading these past few weeks or do I take the stickers? The teacher in me says take those stickers, how will they learn to be good if they aren't disciplined? I look at their small little faces and I just can't do it. I tell them, everybody should lose stickers, but today, I'm not taking them. Today, I'm just going to earse all the red, and forget about that I should take stickers. Tomorrow will be a better day.

Now did any of this show them grace of God? I'm not sure it might have gone over the 5 year old heads. They probably don't understand that I can give them grace because I accept grace from someone much greater. The art of grace was probably lost on them. Hopefully, years down the road, the seed of grace I just planted, will be watered. Hopefully, somebody will come along and take care of these seeds, I've planted. Then there is the matter of Naomi. My Korean teacher was sitting in the room, I know that she understood what was going on. When I did she reponsed with "Ahh, Wow!" Hopefully, I've planted a seed there too, and if a seed is already planted I know that I did some watering. So there's just a little bit of what I've learned.