From the Eagle’s Nest – October Newsletter

By: Julie Cordray, Head of School

God is good, all the time. All the time, God is good! These are the words the students echo back to me each morning at the close of announcements. It’s a great reminder of such a central truth. But do we move through our days like we really believe it?

We’re almost at the end of the first quarter of school and for many of your children, and maybe for you, the honeymoon is over. Life is busy. Activities fill your schedule. Homework is just one more thing to get done. I’ve been there and done that! Both of my now-grown children went through the paces here at Twin Oaks. I could tell you my own stories: Fruit flies we needed for my daughter’s science project delivered the very next day after it was due. My son using his pudding cup to score a “touchdown” in the hallway, splattering chocolate onto the ceiling (hmmm. . . I wonder if the stains are still there?). Meltdowns at the kitchen table over middle school math. . . and I’m not talking about the kids.

At times like these, it’s easy to forget God’s goodness. What’s more noticeable to us is the incomplete assignment or the chocolate stains on the ceiling. The struggling child or the impossible math problem. Second Corinthians 5:7 has some wisdom for us: “For we live by faith, not by sight.” Why would we need this reminder from the apostle Paul to live according to our faith instead of by what we can see? If you’ve ever noticed a warning sign because it’s yellow, you already have the answer. What’s predominant in our field of vision is what we tend to focus on. The tough circumstance right in front of us is like a flashing neon sign, while the belief that, “God is good all the time,” can fade into the background. It’s not easy to tear our spiritual eyes away from our circumstances, but it is the Lord’s antidote to unbelief.

We say God is good all the time because we put our faith in Him. We say God is good because we choose to fix our eyes on the Lord Jesus Christ instead of our circumstances. We say God is good all the time because He is.

So many good things are happening here at Twin Oaks that there are too many to count. Your children are learning and growing. They are loving one another and they themselves are loved! Each day I see good fruit and evidence of God’s grace in the life of this school. But on the days when the shadows of this world dim our spiritual sight, we can remember that Good (that comes from God) is there even when we don’t see it.

Say it with me: God is good all the time. All the time, God is good!