Where Did the Summer Go?
… a summary of Dr. Simmons’ current Christian School Comment.
As we prepare for another school year, I ask myself, What advice would I offer to parents, teachers, and principals as together we prepare for the first day of school in 2010?
Consider Micah 6:8 (NKJV):
He has shown you, O man, what is good;
And what does the Lord require of you
But to do justly,
To love mercy,
And to walk humbly with your God?
John MacArthur, in The MacArthur Study Bible, says that the one thing God wants from us is “a spiritual commitment of the heart from which right behavior would ensue” (1997, 1306). As parents and school leaders, we desire that the children entrusted to our care by God will place their faith in Jesus Christ, be thoroughly prepared for the future He has planned for them (Jeremiah 29:11), and choose to follow Him wholeheartedly. It is important for us to realize that our children are looking to us for an example of what a living, breathing follower of Jesus Christ looks like!
Brian S. Simmons, President
Association of Christian Schools International
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