A Prayer for Teachers

This morning, i was part of a "Community Prayer Breakfast" in which several area pastors prayed for different aspects of our nation and community. here is my contribution. 

A prayer for teachers (and aides, administration and other staff!)

God of Grace, Your Holy Word tells us to

“Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it.” {Proverbs 22:6}

We pray this for our whole community!

Specifically for our educators we pray:

Patience & compassion every day, with students, families and with each other. That their compassion and patience will help build good relationships, for that is the key to building community.

Wisdom – excellent insight how to best convey their knowledge and a love of learning! and discernment to develop that love in different ways in different students!

Creative ideas to spark enthusiasm and build relationships!

A sense of humor -to use appropriately as we know humor is a way to help us connect with one another.

We pray Lord that every teacher and school staff person is able to see every student as a child of God, in need of loving care and a safe environment in which to learn, and play, and grow.

Please Lord also help families to appreciate the teachers and staff, for the hours they put in well beyond the school day. And we pray that teachers and all others working with our children find rest and restoration on weekends and days off. Holy rest and refreshment that is found in healthy pastimes with family and friends. Ideally that some of that restoration is found in our churches, dear Lord.

And Lord help us to help our educators!

For all these things we pray in the Name and Spirit of the Great Teacher- Jesus our Lord. Amen.