You know those lazy days where your alarm goes off, but you don't really have any place to be so you pick up your phone and visit Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram... just to find out not much happened while you were asleep. So you casually fall back asleep for an extra 30 minutes, only then having to force yourself out of the bed because now you're more tired then when your alarm first went of....yep. I'll be the first to admit that's me. (On a weekly basis now that classes are over!) Even though that may happen and no one knows about it, when does it say about my self-control? What does the action of not being able to control my morning habits say about myself? For those of you that read my blog, you know that my last post was about how the Lord is teaching me about the fruits of the spirit. First up was self-control. For the past twenty or so days, I've been studying the word to see what it says about developing biblical self-control. A person without self-control is like a city with broken down walls. Proverbs 25:26 As there are fruits of the spirit, there are also fruits of self-control. We'd all like to say we are good at each of these things, but are we really? When it boils down to it, self-control is doing what needs to be done when it needs to be done. Like getting out of bed and not pressing the snooze button. During the time I was studying self-control, I really wasn't getting the sweet fruit I thought I was biting into. Instead, I was forced to take an internal look at pretty much everything I do wrong. FUN. I looked at what I perceived as my self-control and asked the simple question - did the self-control that I thought I had have the fruits in the list above? Do I manage my money well? Ehhh, probably didn't need to buy new shoes last week. Do I stick to a schedule? Spontaneity is not bad, as long as everything that needs to be done is done. And whyyy can I not break the habit of biting my nails?! Is my self-control lacking so much that I can't even put up with the simple urge to bite my nails when I'm nervous? REALLY?! (Reality check.) In Hebrews 12, the Lord talks about how he disciplines the ones He loves.. Y'all, why do we always think we need to figure out the root and reason why the Lord is disciplining us? What if the reason isn't because we did or are doing something wrong, but simply to mold us and shape us into a stronger leader for Him? As Americans, we tend to take this season of discipline like a time out. And since we live in a self-centered world, we think, 'oh great, time our for ME to think about whats wrong with ME, oh poor pitiful ME.' No! It's about our personalities being molded to be more like him. I tell ya what, I haven't met anyone with as much self-control as Jesus. He resisted all sin. Now that's self-control y'all. If you are in a current season of discipline (like me!), don't look at this time as painful. REJOICE PEOPLE! Self-control is a necessary to live out all of the other fruits of the spirit. How do we love without self-control? How we do have peace without self-control? How do we have kindness without self-control? Same for each of the other fruits of the spirit. It just ain't possible! Why do we need self-control? The Lord literally calls us to DIE to ourselves for him. I encourage you to ask yourself that question and let the Lord reveal that to you during the rest of this week. Have a reviving day! Caitlin
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I stopped by the first grade teachers team meeting last week and asked them which social emotional skills their students are struggling the most with. All 3 teachers, almost in unison, replied with "SELF CONTROL!" So, I began searching for the best lesson in self control I could find...and I stumbled across an old favorite, The Marshmallow Test. It was a fascinating study done in the 1960s at Stanford University (if you google it there are tons of articles about it) where they had preschoolers sit in a room alone with a marshmallow for up to 20 minutes. If they ate it, that was all they got. If they waited until the researcher came back, they earned a second marshmallow. This longitudinal study predicted higher SAT scores, lower BMI scores and various other themes when they followed up with the students that waited for the second marshmallow. I wondered how our first graders would do with this marshmallow test. Who would eat the marshmallow? Who would wait? I had to do it. First, I checked our student's allergy list. Then, I came into each classroom and I simply explained the marshmallow test. You could choose to eat it now, or you could choose to wait until the end of my lesson (in 30 minutes) and receive a second marshmallow. I passed them out and began the hilarious video below: While the video aired and students laughed, I watched to see how they were doing. Some were playing with their marshmallow, some hiding it under a tissue, one even zipped it up into their binder. After the video I introduced the topic: Self Control. What is self control? How do we know when we have self control? Is self control easy? We brainstormed ideas to help us with self control and I showed them this poster (found here): I went through each step carefully and students modeled how they have shown self control in the past. Then I put them through a challenge to see how well they could show self control (in addition to those yummy marshmallows sitting on their desks). I explained that we were going to play Red Light, Green Light. But with a twist. We were doing it in the hallway. Yep, the hallway! A place where you are not allowed to talk and you are only allowed to walk. Their eyes grew big. Would they be able to play Red Light, Green Light and have the self control to stay in the game by following our hallway rules? Each class performed differently, but overall it was a success and we didn't make too much racket. When we came back into their classroom we celebrated by watching Cookie Monster's video about self control and had a mini dance party, with our marshmallows of course. When the time was up their eyes were anxiously looking up at me. Would I fulfill my end of the deal? Were they able to exhibit self control? The results were in as I walked around passing out a second marshmallow. All but 2 students were able to wait. One surprised me, one did not. Not too bad roadrunners...I'll get you next time.
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