GRACE - the Favor We Don't Deserve!
While at the Pastoral Breakfast this week, Mark Sanderson, Director of the Open Arms Shelter, mentioned showing grace in his current work.
Grace can be characterized as going out of our way to give your compassion, kindness and love to someone even if they might not appreciate it or give it in return.
I have always thought it important to show grace as often as possible with people we know and with those we don't know as well or don't know at all! I believe this showing of grace can translate to our co-workers when we are all frazzled and to our students when they need just one more opportunity.
Author Dawn Klinge offers these 9 ways we can give grace:
1) With our words - a gentle answer can help to turn away anger
2) Look for needs and opportunities - simple everyday kindness
3) Let it go - keep a calm spirit if someone is rude or angry
4) Be there - sometimes just your presence is needed
5) Forgive - pretty self explanatory.....
6) Ask for forgiveness - apologize when you make a mistake
7) Watch the way you speak - be cognizant of how you express yourself
8) Gratitude - say thank you often and be thankful often
9) Take an interest in others - listen and care
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Suzanne Kennedy | Bailey Inglish | Meghan Weaver |
Suzanne Kennedy
Bailey Inglish
Meghan Weaver
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Mary Lou Fox | Finley-Oates | Rory Hilliard |
Mary Lou Fox
Finley-Oates
Rory Hilliard
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Karli Fowler | I.W. Evans | Tracy Foster |
Karli Fowler
I.W. Evans
Tracy Foster
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Phillip Lentz | L.H. Rather | Amanda Poormohammadi |
Phillip Lentz
L.H. Rather
Amanda Poormohammadi
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James Branam | BHS | Eric Hicks |
James Branam
BHS
Eric Hicks
great days of service, Saturday, October 15
Bonham ISD will once again organize the Canned Food Drive at the campus from October 3 - 13. Stay tuned for more information from your campus principal.
Mark your calendar for Saturday, October 15th at 9:00 if you would like to help sort and/or deliver the donated food. Please register at http://gdsbonham.org/home/ .
All food will stay to help those in need here in Fannin County.
