Working BACKWARDS!

Working Backwards!

Why would I name this post so crazily?

Well, for several reasons.
One:  I have FAILED to stay current on my blogs due to the business of life and plan to start updating from the past to current, hence the name, "Working Backwards".

Two:  Sometimes I feel like I'm truly doing things in a backwards manner.

Three:  I've been reminded from an educational standpoint and a biblical standpoint that to "work backwards" will indeed get us the results we want.Yeah!!!! I'm not so crazy afterall.  Let me explain.

  As teachers, we look at the assessment first.  What will the students be tested on?  What do we expect them to achieve at the end of a unit of study?  After we've carefully looked at that assessment, we then must put into practice the modeling, the instruction, and allow the student the guided practice to master the end result.

Today, while talking with my dear grandmother who is rejoicing in the full 85 years of life she's been granted. I was reminded that looking at the end assessment in life is what it's all about.  God has laid his "assessment" before us.  We know what he expects!

Micah 6:8 He has showed you, O man, what is good.

And what does the LORD require of you?  To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.

In our conversation today, she had mixed emotions about tomorrow as she volunteers at the Hospice House for her last time.  I stand in admiration of this woman who for years has put her Lord first.  Serving others, showing his love unconditionally to her family and friends, and walking humbling before her savior in good times and bad. She has invested her time well! May we not ignore the examples God has given us to help us prepare for our "end assessment".