not, understands every human heart the way we cannot, and is perfectly just and good …which we all fall short of.

To slow, or dull, our anger is long-suffering! It’s a constant battle, but we have Jesus’ example to follow and His Spirit to sustain us. We can be slow to anger when we avoid acting in the moment and instead race to hit the pause button.

Being slow to anger requires increased trust in God, and His plan for our lives—which cannot be thwarted. It’s a choice to be obedient to God, instead of our flesh. No human ever was or is or will walk this earth able to curb every angry moment. Only Jesus fulfilled and followed God’s law to perfection.

What happens when we are quick to anger and have a broken heart or relationship to show for it? We race to God for forgiveness, with an attitude of repentance. We hold onto the promise recorded in Lamentations 3:22-23, “Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for His compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithful-ness.”

GOD IS SLOW TO ANGER

Are you someone who gets angry easy? God is slow to anger, a truth repeated vigorously throughout Scripture. God isn’t driven by anger or swayed by sin. He is God. His anger is just, and His consequence for our sin merciful. He takes everything into account and deals appropriately. For those who do wickedness, He is slow to anger, but they do not go unpun-ished. His plan and timetable for how He invokes His justice is not the same as ours. He desires to see everyone repent and come to a life-transforming relationship with Him. If you are holding your breath waiting for God to zap those who have wronged you then you may want to breathe, it could take a while. He may use this waiting period to teach you grace and forgiveness.

God’s love is the focus of His character. He is quick to love us, to the point of sending Jesus to save us. God’s ways are just and good because that is who He is. “I AM WHO I AM,” God told Moses. Yahweh is unchanging and everlasting.

Exodus 34:6 is the most repeated verse in all of the Bible. It’s a point God wants us to remember, though we cannot fully understand who He is within the capacity of the human mind. When proclaim-ing who He is to Moses, God revealed the existence of His anger. However, anger is surrounded by merciful and gracious … steadfast love and faithfulness. God is not slow to love; He’s slow to anger. God is good and just, and therefore

cannot sit back and tolerate evil and sin. However, the core of who He is is love (Psalm 86:15).

Our God loves us for who we are, right where we are at. In Christ, we are an ever-changing soul, growing closer to the form we were created to take, and the place we will rest with Him eternally. The Bible describes God’s anger as a serious conse-quence of who He is: just, fair, and good. His love and compas-sion for us, His mercy and forgiveness, far outweigh His anger.

God is slow to anger and abound-ing in love. His love drives Him. So often, we are quick to anger, and slow to let it go! Scripture tells us to take every thought captive. God doesn’t have to do that - He is God. His anger is always justified and necessary. Ours is not.

Not all anger is bad. Righteous anger is evident in the Bible, and is seen in Jesus’ life on earth. God’s anger is righteous anger. Our anger does not always fall in that category. But in Christ, we can make headway in our efforts to slow unrighteous anger from exploding, and rooting itself as bitterness.

We get angry when we don’t get our way or don’t understand, but God is always in control. He does not get angry because He doesn’t misunderstand, fall short, or suffer from a sin-sick world. God’s anger is surrounded by mercy, grace, love and compassion. His sover-eign purposes reign, unaffected by our anger. He knows what we do

Dr. Seuss Day

3/2/21

Library Amazon

Wish List

Paw Pride

PAW PRAISE

Mrs. Drumm Mrs. Thompson

Yummy lunches are what these ladies are all about!

P A G E 2

Hello, my name is Rahila Yusaf. I was born in Pakistan (7,000 miles away!) into a born-again Christian family. At an early age, I accepted Jesus as my personal savior and have had a strong relationship with the Lord ever since.

Soon after earning a bachelors degree and starting my career as a teacher, my parents arranged my marriage as is the norm in my culture. In 1991, I was married to a born-again Christian man and shortly after was blessed with a wonderful son and lovely daughter. In 1996, I moved to the United States (WA), and began work as a pre-school teacher at a Christian school. I have joyfully been teaching pre-school aged children ever since!

In 2012, my husband left this world to be with the Lord. Though it was a difficult time for me, I learned to fully trust and rely on God and His promises for my life. The verse that provided me comfort was “all things work together for good according to His great purpose” (Romans 8:28). Soon after, God brought a wonderful Christian man in my life and we got married in 2018.

In 2017, I began working at Cedar Park Christian School. I am so grateful for the opportunity to share both God’s Word and love with the preschoolers and their families. I praise the Lord who helps me connect with the children and to explore these hidden treasures of His kingdom. With His divine help, I do not want to just teach the students and help them grow academically but also socially, mentally and spiritually. My daily prayer is, “God, please help me to sow the seed of your love in my preschoolers.”

My favorite scripture is Psalm 103. I enjoy long walks, hikes, and snow-showing. I cannot function without my morning coffee (bonus if it’s from Starbucks)! My favorite television show is “Little House on the Prairie” and I am currently enjoying watch-ing “Anne with an E” on Netflix. I am look-ing forward to COVID restrictions lifting so I can fly to San Diego to visit my daughter and her husband. I truly feel called to pray for my family, friends, and community. If I can ever pray for you, please don’t hesitate to reach out!

P A W P R I D E

Preschool CUBS MRS. YUSAF

P A G E 3

❶Go to www.TreeRing.com/validate ❷Enter your school’s passcode:

1014077924573830 Once you have an account you can upload photos from class parties, field trips and other school activities to the shared gallery for the yearbook team to use! You can also upload photos to your account for use only on your two custom pages.

When uploading images to the website, please log in, click the "photos" tab and

CPCS-LYNNWOOD

YEARBOOK This year you again have the unique opportunity to create 2 custom pages exclusively for your child's yearbook! Cap-

ture memories from the past year just for them, and only printed in their book. It's all up to you.

To get started on these pages, you'll need to log

in to our yearbook company's website and create

an account:

then load your pictures into the appro-priate file folder. Images loaded into personal or private folders can only be used on your private pages - not accessed for the rest of the yearbook. If you have any questions or concerns, please direct them to Erin Gray at:

erin.gray@cedarpark.org

succeed and want to READ,

READ, READ! Because of all

the COVID restrictions, she is

unable to present our much-

loved Book Fair and Change

Drive. Instead she is planning

a special celebration on March

2nd for Dr. Seuss’ birthday

and an Amazon Library Wish

List (see attached flyers).

We think our library and

librarian, Mrs. Kalbfleisch,

are the best. From choos-

ing books for our library,

to decorating the library

for fun times, to creating

a great video each week

celebrating a certain special

day, Mrs. Kalbfleisch is

always ready to help us

CUB REMINDERS

All orders for yearbooks

need to be done by you

online by April 30th—the

cost is about

$20 per yearbook.

CUB KUDOS

CUB CHUCKLE

Heard in our preschool depart-ment recently: A CPCS student was helping put chairs on the tables after lunch:

Teacher—”Wow, you sure have strong muscles! Where did you get those?”

Student—”I got them for my birthday!”

MARCH 2nd—DR. SEUSS DAY

Our students are encouraged to help us celebrate

Dr. Seuss with a special dress day (see attached).

VIDEO CHAPEL ON THURSDAYS

March 4: Mrs. Jan Isakson

March 11: Mr. Jacob Vold

March 18: Mrs. Choi’s 4th Grade Class

March 25: Rabbi Matt Rosenberg

DON’T FORGET TO CHANGE YOUR

CLOCKS ON MARCH 6……. SPRING

FORWARD!!

PIP FORMS DUE SOON

Our kindergarten through fifth grade parents are asked

to volunteer 22 hours during the school year. The forms

to credit your account are due Thursday, April 1st.

Have you been turning in your volunteer hours?

LEGACY

We are looking forward to our annual Legacy online

fundraising campaign. A video will be emailed to you

each day of March 22-26. Be watching for more infor-

mation to come home soon.

CUB CALENDAR

CUB CALENDAR Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1 2

Mrs. Choi

3 4 Video Chapel 5

CUB FRIDAY Moms-In-Prayer, 8:15am, library

6

7 8 9 10 11 Video Chapel 12

Moms-In-Prayer, 8:15am, library

13

14 15 16 17 18 Video Chapel 19

Moms-In-Prayer,

8:15am, library

20

Mr. Stone

21 22 23 24 25 Video Chapel 26 End 3rd QTR

Moms-In-Prayer, 8:15am, library

11:30 EARLY DISMISSAL

27

28 29 Watch for April

PAW PRIDE

30 31 Apr 1

………………………K-5th TERRA NOVA TESTING WEEK………………………