Encouragement For Teachers

Posted on September 3, 2007 
Filed Under Parenting

My dear friend, Sandra Aldrich, is wonderful person. She is warm hearted, spiritually sensitive and mature, and always looking for a way to make others smile. I wonder how many lives she touched as a teacher?

One of Sandra’s most enduring qualities is her gift of encouragement. She seems to excel at having a timely word, some insight into what is needed to push one a little bit closer to Christ. I’ve been on the receiving end of this gift many times.

Tune into this special presentation to experience a bit of encouragement yourself. Even if you aren’t a teacher, I think you’ll find it very worthwhile.

Also, why not request a CD of this message as a gift for your child’s teacher(s)? It’ll make their day, I promise.

One other thing for those in the business of educating children (yours or someone else’s): Check out this poem read on a past broadcast by former “Teacher of the Year” Guy Dowd. Here’s how it opens:

You are the molders of their dreams — the gods who build or crush their young beliefs in right or wrong. You are the spark that sets aflame a poet’s hand, or lights the flame in some great singer’s song.

I’m thankful for all those teachers who molded me along the way. Those who built me up, who invested in me, who believed I had some potential. They added spark to my life. That is the power of a good teacher.
N ow, since we educate our kids at home, I’m thinking I should share this program and poem with my wife. That’d be a good idea!

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