Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Tuesdays

I Had a day of photo taking for the teachers. Taking Candid shots, wrestling the camera from them as they feel some shots are not too glamrous.

-Counsin@ Chijmes, taken a long long ago-

Going down for a workshop on teaching your child to read, especially with the very young children. It was a sharing cum seminar shession by this lady, Jackie Silberg. Looking at the ladies in the audience & myself being the ONLY gentleman, it struck me, that these people will actually make their way here in an evening wanting to do something with their children back at their centres. And what keeps these ladies going?
Got a renewal what the Early years, even the few months old infants are that important, and we overlook it sometimes, because they can't respond such as talking for us to assess whether they are progressing in different areas. They are absorbing more than we think.

An Article that was shared with me..Be blessed by this short write up from My brother & sister in Christ, Keen Hoe & Li Ting(:


The Duck & the Devil

There was a little boy visiting his grandparents on their farm.
He was given a slingshot to play with out in the woods.
He practiced in the woods; but he could never hit the target.
Getting a little discouraged, he headed back for dinner.
As he was walking back he saw Grandma's pet duck.
Just out of impulse, he let the slingshot fly, hit the duck square in the head and killed it. He was shocked and grieved!

In a panic, he hid the dead duck in the wood pile; only to see his sister watching! Sally had seen it all, but she said nothing.

After lunch the next day Grandma said, 'Sally, let's wash the dishes'
But Sally said, 'Grandma, Johnny told me he wanted to help in the kitchen.'
Then she whispered to him, 'Remember the duck?'
So Johnny did the dishes.

Later that day, Grandpa asked if the children wanted to go fishing and Grandma said, 'I'm sorry but I need Sally to help make supper.'

Sally just smiled and said, 'Well that's all right because Johnny told me he wanted to help'
She whispered again, 'Remember the duck?' So Sally went fishing and Johnny stayed to help.

After several days of Johnny doing both his chores and Sally's; he finally couldn't stand it any longer.
He came to Grandma and confessed that he had killed the duck.

Grandma knelt down, gave him a hug and said, 'Sweetheart, I know. You see, I was standing at the , windowand I saw the whole thing
but because I love you, I forgave you. I was just wondering how long you would let Sally make a slave of you.'
Thought for the day and everyday thereafter?

Whatever is in your past, whatever you have done... And the devil keeps throwing it up in your face (lying, cheating, debt, fear, bad habits, hatred, anger, bitterness, etc.) ..whatever it is...You need to know that God was standing at the window and He saw the whole thing.

He has seen your whole life.
He wants you to know that He loves you and that you are forgiven. He's just wondering how long you will let the devil make a slave of you.

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