ECCLESIOLOGICAL ETCHING
August 16, 2021
A Prayer for Our Educators: In the next few days, some of the last details will be checked off the long list of things to do in classrooms around our community. In the next few days, bulletin boards will have a few final touches added. In the next few days, the basic tools of education will be gathered up and put in place. O Creator God, you have created and gifted certain people to assist in the education of our children. As Jesus was often referred to as a Rabbi, a teacher, you desire for all people to ask the challenging questions, to explore new ideas and to be WOWed by newly emerging concepts. May those who have been given both the gifts and the responsibilities of educating, continue to seek your creative Spirit in the day to day task of teaching. We pray for school boards and state representatives to place education and the safety of all as the highest priorities. We will never be the people you created us to be unless children and their education are more than a political slogan. In the weeks ahead, we pray that each teacher hear words of affirmation and are able to feel at peace in their calling. May this be so, especially in this extraordinarily challenging time. May your Spirit provide patience and wisdom when the human spirit is worn out, and may the not so easily seen rewards of teaching be named and celebrated each day by those who teach. We pray this in the name of your gift, the Rabbi and preacher of love, Jesus. Amen.
