A PRAYER

PRAYER FOR TEACHERS (author unknown)

Lord, it helps me to remember

that You were a teacher.
You were a lot of other things
but there is something very human
and reassuring
in Your giving the world of life
to restless, uncertain people.
You never used a chalkboard ,
corrected exams,
or sat through a graduation ceremony.
But you rejoiced with men and women
and little children
who discovered for the first time
what it means to be sons and daughters
of a good Father.
Grant a full measure of Your Spirit
to those whose task it is
to awaken minds and hearts
to the wonders of creation,
the insights of science,
the relation of cause and effect.
They often get discouraged, Lord.
Lift them up by Your example and power.
 Amen.