It's good to look back on my last post - a lot has happened in a month, and I need to remember the good things. A spirit of defeat has been trespassing on my territory lately as I battle the emptiness I see in my students. I had a miserable dream last night that four of my kids were expelled. These confused, frustrated, defeated feelings of failure gnaw at me, and my inspiration tank is critically low. With such a nasty attitude, it's easy to forget the love and victory of God:

2nd Chronicles 20:21 - 22

²¹ After consulting the people, Jehoshaphat appointed men to sing to the Lord and to praise him for the splendor of his holiness as they went out at the head of the army, saying:

“Give thanks to the Lord,

    for his love endures forever.”

²² As they began to sing and praise, the Lord set ambushes against the men of Ammon and Moab and Mount Seir who were invading Judah, and they were defeated.

New game plan: I'll be the one appointed to praise God, and wait (patiently) for Him to send in the ambush. I can NOT be defeated, and therefore have no excuse to not praise my Lord.