July 2016

Hello, my name is Tamorra Goldsboro.  Many know me as Marie, and my students know me as Ms. G.

It has taken me a few weeks to come up with exactly what I would like to say about myself on this website.  This is definitely a brand new venture that I have decided to jump into.  I am a bundle of emotions; excited, nervous, and fearful, amongst many others.  However, I have a vision, and I know that if I fail to go after it, then I fail my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.  My heart has directed me to step out on faith and move towards my brand new future.

I fundamentally believe in my heart that God has giving me the gift of teaching.  When I was a little girl I lined up my stuffed animals, I taught them, and I graded their papers. They were such wonderful students and that was because I was such a marvelous teacher!  In high school, I developed a growing interest in art and music.  This passion followed me into college where I decided to marry my two loves and become an art teacher.  After I graduated,  I couldn’t  find an art teaching job, so I taught preschool for five years.  Eventually, still pursuing my dream, I became a visual art teacher for a public school, I taught for 4 years.  Unfortunately for me, laws were soon to change in New Jersey,  I did not receive my tenure after working my first three years, resulting in receiving a non renewal letter for the upcoming 2016-2017 school year.   In short,  I no longer have the security of a salaried job to pay my bills, to pay my mortgage, or to pay the health insurance needed to cover my three young children.  But what I do have is a passion for the word of God and for art.  I also have a firm foundation in the pedagogy of teaching, receiving my bachelors in Art Education from Temple University and my Masters in the Art of Teaching from Montclair State University.  I also have an understanding that I am worth more than large class sizes, overwhelming paperwork, and an incomprehensible workload that doesn’t afford me the time to be creative.  Conclusively, I know that my God will make a way out of no way.   I believe God has afforded me the opportunity to receive an education not only for myself but to use it for his glory and for his purpose.  Hence, the title of this blog and website: “Art Teacher 4 Purpose.”

My purpose, my mission, and my vision is to continue to teach young minds; help them to find their purpose and use their purpose to please God.  I will do this by expanding their creative minds, constantly encouraging them to think, to dream, and to have vision.  I want them to be able to envision their hopes, their dreams, and their desires.  I will help them to do this through art making.  So then one day they would be able to “Jump” as I did, into their purpose.

So now you know a little bit more about me and my journey to fulfill my purpose.  It is important to note that I am an advocate for creative thinking and therefore an advocate for the visual and performing arts.  I consider myself an artist, my medium being acrylic paint right now.  My art  at this current time is something I use for myself to escape.  For those who can; continue to pray for me, that I grow in my art making ability and that God blesses that business in the near future.  Meanwhile, please follow me on social media and remember that you also have a purpose.  God bless you and God keep you.

-Tamorra

My Art

June 22, 2017

 

I am now the art teacher for purpose. I write, create, and promote information that will help you find your purpose in life.

This was an important revelation that I had stumbled upon this past year while writing this blog.  I have found my purpose.  My purpose is to encourage others to walk in their purpose. I am a connector.  I am a teacher.  The Lord has blessed me with these gifts and I am going to use them for the glory of his Kingdom.

I am so glad that God has taking me on this journey and continues to show me what he has in store for me. I am excited about vision.  I am excited about spiritual growth in my family.  I am excited for your growth as members of the Kingdom.

I was an art teacher,  but I don't talk a lot about art on this site.  Eventually I will get back into my art making but right now I am focused on this ministry.  I talk a lot about my Christian Journey on this site.  My main concern is connecting you to information that will expand your mind.  I pray that the information that I share on this blog leads you to finding and understanding your purpose here on earth.  I pray that you develop a closer walk with the Lord by reading this blog.

So, this is the thing, I had purchased this website, artteacher4purpose.com, about a year ago and wrote about how God led me not to look for another job but instead to start a blog.  This is what I do now.

Truly there has been a change in me.  I have discovered through my writing how skewed my perspective was of the world and of God. I also had a confused understanding of who God was and still is. Because of this, I had to change my mind so that my writing could fit with God’s plan.  I really had to repent of much of the information that I was putting out there.  It was never my intention to teach things or write about things that would confuse people.  God is still working with me and I am so thankful that he still wants to work with me.

With that said, we don't want to limit ourselves and seclude ourselves to our own little boxes.  We do want and need to use the resources that God has provided for us.  It is then our responsibility to go to the word and test it.  God gives us examples of how his principles work in this world so that we know how to apply them in our lives.  It is God's purpose to guide us in our purpose in order to see that manifestation of his Kingdom government on this earth. This is what I work to do.  I work, write, and share to encourage you to find your purpose.

Therefore friends, I am using this site for motivation.  As I work out my own frustrations, observations, and revelations, I will motivate you as well to find true success in living life.

Hopefully you can relate to my stories and studies.  I pray that we can help each other on this Christian walk.  I also pray that by writing about my purpose and my vision;  I will be able to help others take a leap of faith.  I pray that people start doing what God has called them to do.

I pray that you find your place in this Kingdom and I pray that you begin to understand what God needs you to do.   You are important and you are special.  You have thoughts inside of you that only you can think.  

 

Understanding Your Purpose

When you finally come into the understanding of who you are and what you are supposed to do; life becomes a lot more focused.  I want to encourage you to find out what that one thing is that you love to do, that you will stay up all night for and do for free.  This is the thing that you do because this is the thing that God made you for.  This is your purpose.

I always had a passion for teaching . . .

I have a special interest in education because God has placed that passion in my heart. It is part of my vision to start training and motivating young teachers to teach with the power of vision. I have a growing concern that our school system is becoming an industrial complex. Teachers are being lost in a system that does not support their growth as valuable mentors for our youth. A gnawing suspicion crescendos the idea of a system purposely set up for our children to fail. I not only want to see a change in the American Public School System, but I want to be part of that change.

I am interested in building a team that is passionate for education reform. This new reform needs to be guided by the teaching professionals that survive the trenches of war, not by the generals who lead from behind. Most of our leaders have failed us, others have died silently beside us, while others continue to fight this battle of educational debauchery with us. Join the fight.

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-Tamorra

My Voice

June 17, 2019

I have come to the practice of recording my journey every year around this time.  If you are new here, I am on my life journey. It is not as exciting as some may think. I’m not traveling the world on exotic trips to Italy yet, but maybe one day. . .  My trust is ultimately in the Lord.  I learn and I remember what my teachers have taught me so far:

IF THE LORD BROUGHT YOU TO IT, HE WILL BRING YOU THROUGH IT. . .

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-Tamorra