"Where I'm From" poetry, Monday's Prayer and school room clean-up

The freshmen wrote "Where I'm From" poems

for part of their poetry unit.

Here's just a sample.

The second and third pics are of the same poem--

he used two sheets of paper --he's quite word prolific.

Now for Monday:

There will be a few of us at school tomorrow

 cleaning our rooms,

sorting papers, tossing, filing,

and packing books and files of ideas

to take home for summer lesson planning.

I will be one of them.

All the furniture will end up in the hallway,

so

EVERYTHING

must be removed and put somewhere else.

First I will tackle my unusually (seriously) messy desk.

Then I will tackle this smaller desk and table.

The bulletin board can stay this way for next year.

I will find a spot on my shelves for the kids' notebooks

that I graded---all 120 of them--just a few are shown here.

(I will consolidate them into several crates).

Next September they can claim them and take them home

or toss them.

I'm looking forward to the day.

And as I head off for bed, I will leave you with

Monday's Prayer

courtesy of Stormie Omartian:

Lord,

I commit my day to You and ask You to be in charge of it

from beginning to end.

Enable me to do all I need to do successfully and well.

Help me to do it carefully and not carelessly.

Help me to do it all diligently and not lazily.

Help me to do everything skillfully and not shabbily.

I know I cannot do all I need to do in my day without Your help.

I don't want to ever take for granted that,

just because I have done some of these things before,

they are always going to turn out right each time.

I know that sometimes even the simplest things can become

a problem or a challenge,

so I don't want to assume

 that everything will automatically go smoothly.

That's why I submit my entire day to You

and ask You to be in charge of all I am doing.

I thank You that Your are in charge of my day

and all that happens.

Be in charge of the surprises, the unexpected,

and the things that turn out differently than I planned.

Enable me to hear Your voice speaking to my heart,

telling me the way I should go and what I should do.

In Jesus' name I pray.

Amen.

Blessings to you as you begin your work week.