A Teachers Prayer

Our pastor read a letter from an elementary school teacher who attends

East Hill Church. The gist of the letter is as follows:

Last school year, her classroom was made up of little third graders, most

of which came from either a single parent family, or a dysfunctional

family, was undernourished and/or uncared for, lived in an abusive home,

and was either beaten, bruised, or raped by other family members; one

little girl's dad died of aids, and the list goes on. Her heart bled for

Before the '99-2000 school year started, she and her husband went to her

classroom and prayed over each desk in the room. They prayed that God

would place an angel behind each and every child throughout the coming

A month or so after the year had started, she gave the kids an assignment

to write about what they would like to be when they grew up. Everybody was

busy with his or her assignment, when "Andrew" raised his hand. When she

asked him what he needed, he asked how to spell "mighty." After telling

him how to spell the word, she asked him why he needed to know.

Andrew said it was because when he grew up he wanted to be a "mighty man

of God." When he said this, little "Mark" sitting next to him asked, "So,

what's a mighty man of God?" The teacher, swallowing back her tears, and

knowing she could not say anything in the classroom, told Andrew to go

So Andrew says, "It's a man who puts on the armor of God and is a soldier

After observing some conversation between Andrew and Mark, the teacher,

with a lump in her throat, started to walk away when Andrew motioned with

his little forefinger for her to come closer. He whispered to her, asking

if she believed in angels. She told him yes, she did.

Then he asked her if she thought people could see angels, and she said she

thought some people probably could. Andrew said that he did, and he could

see an angel standing behind each kid in the room...

I don't think there was a dry eye in the church that night!

We need to remember to pray for all of the teachers. Although prayer if

not allowed in school, there are some who are dedicated enough to pray for

the protection of God's angels over the lives of their students.

For it is written, He shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep

thee. Therefore, "take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones;

for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face

of my Father which is in heaven." Matthew 8:10

The editors extend our special thanks to Sandra D.

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