Patsy Clairmont is one of my all time favorite speakers. I heard her years ago at a Women of Faith conference. Loved her then...love her now. She has a book that she calls "Sportin' a Tude" ( attitude). I wouldn't know anything about that first hand ( ha! don't buy that last line) I still amaze myself and what kind of attitude spring up in me, some in my heart that only God know's I've had and others that practically leap from my lips without me evening trying to reel them back in. My wonderful husband, who by the way is a VERY quiet soul, has experienced a few of those "tudes". Sometimes he doesn't react, sometimes I get the "deer in the headlights" look from him, and sometimes he responds, never in a normal yelling tone, but a normal matter of a fact way. I have politely told him that for him, normal toned "telling me like it is" statements from him is the same as yelling, and that I don't appreciate them! ( yet, another TUDE). I subbed in 5th grade today. I am amazed how young the "tudes" start in school anymore. I used to think as at teacher that the real attitudes started around 8th grade. Not anymore. We started class, I gave the first assignment , and their were enough "huffs and puffs" to get a pretty good steam locomotive up a hill! After a few more episodes I politely broke out my well rehearsed speech I've used in my 20 plus years of teaching " I'm sorry you aren't happy....I wish life was always fair....you are being rude...it's not acceptable.....I want you to like me but liking me is optional, obeying me is not...any questions??? SHEESH.... They did pretty well the rest of the day. You think they would learn...they've had me before. I'm the kind of teacher that I mean what I say...and I follow through...do they not believe me? I can't help but think that God must think that of me many times. "I meant what I said in my word....there are consequences to sins...does she not believe me???...there are blessings for doing it MY way....does she not know me by now? I hope that I can work on some of my "tudes" with my husband. I hope that 5th grade learns that I mean what I say and class can be a beautiful thing if done the right way. I for sure want my goal to be curbing my attitudes with the Lord so that life, done his way, in his time, for His glory, will indeed be a beautiful thing.
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I loved your well rehearsed speech! I wish I would have thought of that a few times in my experiences coaching teams, etc. I think I would have liked having you as a teacher.
Our Sunday school teacher was saying that he's read the bumper sticker that says, "God said it, I believe it, that settles it." He said that it doesn't matter whether we believe it or not that God did indeed say it and that settles it! LOL I love that. Your comment about us not believing what we read in the Bible made me think of that and I wanted to share. :)
I'm going to add your blog link to mine. Is that okay?
sure thing~Thanks!
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