Teachers are Blessed

Romans 12:5-7 New International Version (NIV)

⁵ so in Christ we, though many, form one body, and each member belongs to all the others. ⁶ We have different gifts, according to the grace given to each of us. If your gift is prophesying, then prophesy in accordance with your^[a] faith; ⁷ if it is serving, then serve; if it is teaching, then teach.

I am so thankful and so grateful for the teachers in my boys’ lives!  The past four days have not been easy, but they have been blessed.  Both boys have prayed prayers saying their teacher is awesome, and that they are thankful for doing school at home.  There is respect and a mutual understanding as I complete my schoolwork as well.  Caleb even talked, in the evening on Wednesday, about the assignments that he needed to accomplish the next day; this coming from my kid who doesn’t know what he is doing the next minute!  These kids have had to step up and become responsible, and that is beautiful!  Three weeks to go…

Tripp wrote Chad and I an email yesterday and said we had to read it together “when dad gets home”.  We read it before bed last night and this is what it said:

“TRIPP POSTMUS

6th grader

RVCSD

TPOSTMU@RVCLASS.ORG

Dear Parents

You know that I love you, and you know I don’t want to do the things you want me to do but I love you. Ever since I could remember you guys have done so much for me and make sure that I have food to eat. When you stayed at the hospital with me I was happy to be there with you even if I didn’t look like it. So all I am saying is that you be with me and I love you.”

 

Yup, we smiled and soaked it in.  To receive an email like this from our 12-year-old means the world!  The context was I had just told him to work ahead on some of his schoolwork because he could, he had time in our set schedule.  He threw a little fit, but this is the result…

Blessed.  I thought of the schoolteacher who has little notes posted to their desks, notes that their students have written just to say thank you or that they are loved. (more often seen on teachers of the younger grades desks).  Those notes DO mean something!  Those notes will always be treasured.

Something that is ironic, as with this case, I had just told Tripp to do something he didn’t really want to do.  Teachers get to do that all day, and they are loved in spite of it.  Oh, and they miss these kids!  It’s not just a job to them, they really care about what happens in their student’s lives!  What a beautiful calling!

When we get back to our ‘normal’ of sending our kids back to school, remember and appreciate the staff and teachers at your children’s schools.  Remember the janitors who clean up after them, the cooks who provide lunch, and sometimes breakfast for them, the recess monitor who settles the little spats, and the PE teacher who burns their massive stores of energy.  And it’s ok, even as an adult, to send a note to your children’s teachers, letting them know how much they are appreciated and loved.