Blog Post 1: God as my refuge in life’s storms… 博客文章一：在生命风暴中以上帝为我的避难所…
It happened again… I used ‘shouting’ as a classroom management strategy-much to my regret! After mulling over the matter, I prayed and asked God for forgiveness as I had lost my cool yet again. I prayed for patience, gentleness, self-control and that I would do right by the students I teach.
I recalled a book entitled “Why Are You Shouting at Us?” by Phil Beadle and John Murphy. I remembered the writer talked about the 5 Cs of compassionate teaching-Calm, Confidence, Clear, Compassion and Consistent! I realised that I forgot some of these qualities as I was eager to complete the syllabus and was too task oriented.
It was a lesson not learnt and I suffered a consequence for it. I prayed for God’s mercy on me and also prayed for His hand on the whole matter. I guess God wanted me to go round the mountain and relearnt the lesson. It was rather discouraging but I was determined to look to God and press on to change the way I manage behavior - Christ’s way; peaceful teaching.
I recalled that one colleague once shared an insight - there are too many evil forces around us but we have God on our side and we will overcome.
I was fortified and further encouraged when I looked at scriptures. Psalm 91:9-10 states ‘Because you have made the Lord your dwelling place, the Most High, who is my refuge, no evil shall be allowed to befall you, no plague come near your tent.’
Yes, as I made God my dwelling place, I will be assured that no evil shall befall me and no plague will come near my tent. Thanking God for his mercy and abundant grace.
事情又发生了……我再次在课堂管理中用了“吼叫”这一招——事后非常懊悔！反复思索之后，我向神祷告并求祂赦免，因为我又一次失去了冷静。我祈求祂赐我耐心、温柔、自制，也祈求我能善待我所教的学生。
我想起一本书，名为《Why Are You Shouting at Us?》（《你为什么对我们大喊大叫？》），作者是 Phil Beadle 和 John Murphy。我记得书中提到富有同理心的教学五个 C：冷静（Calm）、自信（Confidence）、清晰（Clear）、怜悯（Compassion）和一致（Consistent）！我意识到自己因为急于完成教学进度、过于任务导向，而忘记了其中一些重要的品质。
这是一个没有学会的功课，而我也因此付出了代价。我祈求神怜悯我，也祈求祂亲自掌管整件事。我想，神是要我再绕山一圈，重新学习这个功课。虽然有些沮丧，但我仍决定仰望神，继续努力，用基督的方式来管理行为——以平安的方式来教导。
我也想起一位同事曾分享的见解：我们周围有许多邪恶的势力，但我们有神站在我们这边，我们必能得胜。当我再看圣经时，我的心再次得着坚固与鼓励。
诗篇 91:9-10 说： “耶和华是我的避难所；你已将至高者当你的居所，祸患必不临到你，灾害也不挨近你的帐棚。”
是的，当我以神为我的居所，我就能确信：祸患必不临到我，灾害也不挨近我的帐棚。感谢神的怜悯和丰盛的恩典。