At school, some of the staff members -myself included- took part in a book study. The book we read and discussed was called "how to teach like a pirate". I truly loved working through this book and reading my colleagues' insights on how they have used some of the teaching strategies from the book. It was an enjoyable experience and I would recommend it to anyone who teaches or hips to become a teacher.
But what really hit me was found in the last few pages of the book. The author, Dave Burgess, was sharing a personal story of how he was listening to the radio and the song "little drummer boy " came on. One of the lines really spoke to him. The line was, "I played my drum for Him...
I played my best for Him...Then He smiled at me...". The author goes on to talk about how as teachers, teaching is our drum, and how we ought to play our best.
That story really resonated with me. God gave me these gifts and a place to use them so I should teach my best every day for myself, for my students, and for God.
This message really spoke to me when I was especially down on myself. If compare myself to this author and to other teachers and convince myself that I didn't measure up. I unfortunately went into a phase where I stopped trying do hard. Good enough was good for me. In the back of my mind I knew I was capable of more and I was very concerned my principal would drop in on a terribly executed lesson.
The story of the drummer boy has convinced me otherwise. God knew what he was doing when he led me to teach and plopped me in South Dakota to do so. The drummer boy's story tells us that this is true for all of us and encourages us to play our best for Him (pa rum pa pa pum). So go out there with your drum and make beautiful music to our Lord. Merry Christmas.
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