Day 9 - Romans 13:1
Day 9 - Romans 13:1
"Everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God."
Our school district is opening a new school that our children will attend, so I went to an informational meeting about it last night. The design is going to be different than the traditional schools in order to enhance the learning process and allow it to go from, "Good to Great." Very cool.
Many concerned parents were asking questions dealing with the hallway sizes, numbers of bathrooms, and design for easy carpool lines. While these things are important to us (I attended with a former teacher friend), we were more curious about the principle, the teachers and what incentives they were using to find the BEST people! We know that a principle who loves children and learning will positively affect teachers much more than a science lab at their fingertips will. We also know that a teacher who loves each child and wants them to succeed will do amazing things with very little.
So, we are starting to pray. Pray that God will bring a man or woman to this school that loves Him! Pray that he or she will then hire teachers that have the love of Christ in them. Because, an amazing teacher without Christ is only as good as her skills, but an amazing teacher who draws on the help of the Holy Spirit has unlimited power and strength and insight. Those are the men and women we want to influence our children every day!!
Please Lord, prepare those men and women now for service in your kingdom by teaching at this new school. Without you, good can never go to great!Philippians 4:6Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
"Everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God."
Our school district is opening a new school that our children will attend, so I went to an informational meeting about it last night. The design is going to be different than the traditional schools in order to enhance the learning process and allow it to go from, "Good to Great." Very cool.
Many concerned parents were asking questions dealing with the hallway sizes, numbers of bathrooms, and design for easy carpool lines. While these things are important to us (I attended with a former teacher friend), we were more curious about the principle, the teachers and what incentives they were using to find the BEST people! We know that a principle who loves children and learning will positively affect teachers much more than a science lab at their fingertips will. We also know that a teacher who loves each child and wants them to succeed will do amazing things with very little.
So, we are starting to pray. Pray that God will bring a man or woman to this school that loves Him! Pray that he or she will then hire teachers that have the love of Christ in them. Because, an amazing teacher without Christ is only as good as her skills, but an amazing teacher who draws on the help of the Holy Spirit has unlimited power and strength and insight. Those are the men and women we want to influence our children every day!!
Please Lord, prepare those men and women now for service in your kingdom by teaching at this new school. Without you, good can never go to great!Philippians 4:6Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
posted by Heather @ 6:49 AM
1 Comments:
At 5:05 PM,
Annie Mendrala said…
I have to admit I have not been keeping up daily with your blog but it is really great! I too have been starting to put my focus on WHO is going to teach my children and WHY they are chosing to do so. As you and I know, there are many in education who are burnt out, don't like kids and are just grumpy. I know we have a chance of having a few bad teachers but I am praying God will prepare(warn ahead of time) me (and the boys) for those people and use us to be lights to them. So many elements of this journey of school are out of our control. I am confident that it is not out of HIS control and I will default get back on His path and follow where He will lead. This journey is scarier than I thought it would be. I am seeing a season of TRUSTING in kindergarten through 12th grade. At least we can pick our colleges and drop classes with teachers who are not so great :). Then of course there are five hundred other issues we will be dealing with when they leave home. I am too deep in to get out of this parenting job, it is full of the unexpected!
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