Withhold not your hand...
As I was spending a few minutes Sunday afternoon breathing and reading from my through the Bible in a year, something really leapt out at me. I love that about Scripture—God is constantly making something new! After my first (extremely!) buys week of term, I needed to be reminded of this truth, and so I’ll pass it on to you. King Solomon wrote, In the morning sow your seed, and at evening withhold not your hand, for you do not know which will prosper, this or that, or whether both alike will be good.” Ecclesiastes 11:6 So often I arrive at the end of my very long days tired, disheveled, sweaty, and discouraged. Did I do enough today? Did I work hard enough and catch enough of the kids who need help with their math? Did I model excellence enough? Was I kind enough? Did I remember to stop and see the people inside my students enough? Did I mark enough papers? Was I enough ? And the answer is, of course not! Because I am a sinner saved by the grace of God, and while I am