THE FINAL BLOG POST!

Dear 5th Grade,
It has been an absolute pleasure and privilege to be your teacher this year.  My prayer is that each of you will have a saving relationship with Jesus and that He would be your first love.  Have a wonderful and safe summer and I'll see you all in August.  Alexis, Bianca and Hannah, we will miss you three.  Please don't be stangers and keep in touch.  May God guide your paths and remain close to you.

Below are portions of your final Bible assessment.  I hope that this last post - along with the rest of the blog -  will be a reminder of who you were as 5th graders.  I am proud of you all and have thoroughly enjoyed watching you learn, grow and mature. 

Josh:
The thing I have learned is that God has unending love and sometimes, if you do a bad thing, you might think God won't love you.  But, the way I looked at it this year is that Jesus died for us.  So, no matter what, God loves you because He see you like his Son.  So, we have nothing to worry about; his love is unending.

Greg: 
The main thing I've learned about this year is that God made us in his own image.  He created us to look like our own family.  If you have straight hair or curly hair it all comes from somebody in your family.

Dylan: 
I learned that God created me like this for a reason.  He made me this way for a time in my life.  He has a plan for me in my life.  God will test my faith and love.  He made like this for something special.

Chase:
I learned a lot things about God this year.  This is my lifst of things I learned about. 
1)  I learned that it's ok for God to get angry.  I always thought that God was very happy and never got angry but I learned that God can get very angry at people.
2)  I learned that God split himself from JEsus when Jesus died on the cross.  I always that that God never split himself from Jesus.  God is harsh about mistakes and sins for Pete's sake.  A man from Israel bragged that he had money then God took his money and the man died. 

Olivia:
I have learned many things this year about God and the Bible.  Oneof the most encouraging verses is 2 Corinthians 5:17.  This verse says for if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation.  The old has gone and the new has come.  Also 1 Corinthians 13:1-3.  This verse says that if I can speak with human eloquence and angelic ecstacy but don't love, I'm tnothing, but the creaking of a rusty gate.  If I speak God's words revealing all of His mysteries and making everything as plain as day and have faith to say to a mountain jump and it jumps, but do not love I'm nothing.  If I give all I owe to the poor or even go to the stake to be burned as a martyr but don't love, I've gotten nowhere.  So no matter what I say, no matter what I do, I'm bankrupt without love.  Those have encouraged me majorly.

Alexis: 
At home, my Mom and I were discussing repentance.  Now most people (including me) think repentance is just saying sorry.  But really, repentance is saying sorry and...never doing it again.  The first time I did something wsronga nd said sorry, but honestly, I could care less.  The second time, I finally learned what repentance really is.  If you are really sorry, your actions will show it.  There was a verse in 1 John that I recite everyday...most of the time.  1 Joh 1:0 says, "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive our sins and purigy us from all righteousness."  That verse has completely changed my life.

Beau:
One thing that I learned about God is that he's merciful and forgiving from our sin.  If Jesus hadn't died for us we would have to kill animals as sacrifice.

Isa:
On March 6, 2014, Julia and Tessa talked about Proud Guy and Humble Guy.  Proud Guy uses his eyes to see himself, he uses his mouth to brag, he uses his ears to hear himself, he uses his hands to fight and feet to throw a temper tantrum.  Now, Humble Guy uses his eyes to look at other people, mouth to encourage, ears to hear other peoplpe, hands to help, and feet to go help other people.  God is like Humble Guy.  I can apply this to my life by trying to be like Humble Guy.

Leighton:
As a child of God I learned that God is the one God and that he is the salt and the light.  God is my savior.  YOu have not been saved until you accept God as your savior.  As a child of God, I have learned so many things about my faith and trust in the Lord.  In the Bible, I've really taken the verse, love you God with all your heart, mind, sould, and strength because it says love God no matter what.

Leah:
One thing I've learned as a child of God is that I'm loved by God.  In the Bible it says that God loves us no matter what happens.  He has loved us even when Adam and Eve sinned.  He is love us right now even thought there is a lot of messed up things in this world and He will never stop loving us even when the world ends and we go up to live with Him.

Emily:
One main things that I learned about being a child of God is that I used to be a sinner.  I still am but then I found Christ.  Jesus took away my sins.  I am white as snow because of Jesus.  I now have to take on the sacrifice of being a Christian.  For example, being teased or bullied for my faith but I still love Jesus with all my heart, soul, mind, and strength.

Mak:
I have learned being a child of God has helped me to believe in God as a stronger Christian.

Bianca:
One thing I have learned this year about God is how powerful He is.  2 Corinthians 13:4 says, "For to be sure, he was crucified in weakness, yet he lives by God's power.  Likewise, we are weak in Him, yet by God's power we will live with him in dealing with you."