The Iron Diva: Head of the Class: The Weekly Digest

Monday, September 22, 2025

Head of the Class: The Weekly Digest

Looking out the window....

I went to a luncheon/training on campus Friday. These are some of the lovelies I found:

A pretty planter of Dianthus ("Pinks"), Lantana, and Marigolds.

Quickfire Hydrangeas

"Bluebeard"

Favorite quote(s) of the week...

Lord, if You send me wealth like broad rivers, do not let the galley with oars come up in the shape of worldliness or pride. If You grant me abundant health and a happy outlook, do not let the gallant ship of carnal ease come sailing up the flowing flood. If I have success in holy service as broad as the German Rhine, let me never find the ship of self-conceit and self-confidence floating on the waves of my usefulness. If I would be so supremely happy as to enjoy the light of Your countenance year after year, let me never despise Your feeble saints nor allow the vain notion of my own perfection to sail up the broad rivers of my full assurance. Lord, give me that blessing that makes rich and neither adds sorrow nor aids sin.- Charles Spurgeon, Faith's Checkbook, p. 278.

When many are not ashamed to revile them [pastors] in public, some ought to be ashamed not to remember them in private. - John Owen, Rules for Walking in Fellowship, Chapter 3.

I'm thinking about...

My next class starts October 6th. I've got the students on my mind and in my prayers. I've got the preparations I want to make for the course on my mind. I always want to facilitate my courses well, but as always, I want my students to grow in faith in, understanding of, and fellowship with Christ. I never want my courses to just be another class students HAVE to take for a grade. I want them to learn and grow in the process of completing their assignments.

What I've read since the last digest...