Debbie Gibson

[Delora OBrien @DeloraGathering]

The man who died next to Jesus had nothing.

No baptism.
No communion.
No confirmation.
No speaking in tongues.
No mission trip.
No volunteering.
No financial gifts.
No church clothes.

He couldn't even bend his knees to pray.

Nails through his wrists meant no folded hands.
No sinner's prayer crossed his lips.
No altar call for a dying criminal.

He was naked.
Bleeding.
Worthy of death under the law.

Jesus didn't remove his pain.
Didn't heal his broken body.
Didn't silence the crowd mocking them both.
Didn't bring him down from that cross.

The thief had no testimony to share.
No before-and-after transformation story.
No time to prove his faith was real.
No chance to clean up his life.

Just a dying breath used to say:
"Lord, remember me."

And Jesus blood running down His face

Turned to this worthless criminal and promised:
"Today shalt thou be with me in paradise."

No theologian's spin needed.
No brilliant sermon required.
No worship team or mood lighting.
No haze machines or hip pastor.
No coffee bar in the lobby.
No small group sign-ups.

Just a naked man dying on wood.
Unable to move.
Unable to serve.
Unable to give.
Unable to perform.
Unable to impress.
Unable to earn.

All he could do was believe.

Believe that the bloodied man next to him
Was who He claimed to be.
That was it.
That was everything.

He entered paradise the same hour as Christ.
Not because of what he did.
Because of who Jesus is.

This criminal understood in his final moments
What religious men spend lifetimes missing:

Salvation isn't in your performance.
It's in His promise.

"For God so loved the world,
that he gave his only begotten Son,
that whosoever believeth in him
should not perish,
but have everlasting life."

A thief.
A cross.
A Savior.
A promise.

THAT IS ENOUGH.

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[World of creativity @AasimHanch76119]

Diy birthday gift idea.

[Teacher Problems @HSTeachProbs]

Not my content, but content I approve. #teacherproblems

[I am Ken @Ikennect]

Linus knows what Christmas is all about✝️
Listen up

[Out of Context Human Race @NoContextHumans]

This is perhaps the best thing produced by the internet in recent history

[The Modest Teacher @ModestTeacher]

Bring back memorization

Math facts
State capitals
The Preamble
Poems
Etc., etc.

[James A. Furey @JamesAFurey]

Not every lesson needs to be fun or “engaging.”

Some of the things most worth knowing are just plain hard and require focus.

But the teacher as entertainer paradigm has helped convince kids that boredom is oppression instead of just a natural part of learning

[Bored Teachers @Bored_Teachers]

Said every teacher everywhere 👏

[Help A Teacher @HelpATeacher]

For real.

[Debbie Gibson @gibsonBCES]

Genesis 8:22 https://t.co/zjxHsRZskh Daily Inspiration

[TeacherGoals @teachergoals]

Powerful! 🧡

[M.A. Franklin @FoundationDads]

12 things every father must say to his son, over and over:

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[M.A. Franklin @FoundationDads]

10. "You are responsible for your actions. No one else."

No blaming others. No pretending to be the victim. No blaming his emotions.

A father must let his son experience the consequences of his actions, though the father can help him face those consequences like a man.

[Paul Emerich France, #MakeTeachingSustainable @SustainTeaching]

Asking teachers to follow a program lesson by lesson sends a clear message that you don't trust them.

[Kevin W. @Brink_Thinker]

Nicholas Winton helped 669 Jewish children escape the Nazis. His efforts went unrecognized for 50 years. Then in 1988, while sitting as a member of a TV audience, he suddenly found himself surrounded by the people he’d rescued

[TeacherGoals @teachergoals]

Too funny! 😂🤣

[Tom Rogers @RogersHistory]

Schools - protect teachers from unreasonable and angry parents who want to take out every life problem they have on unsuspecting class teachers who have done nothing but teach their child and hold high expectations. Society - fully support schools in this endeavor.

[We Are Teachers @WeAreTeachers]

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