God created teachers on the eighth day to do important work. Teachers were given strength to work long hours grading papers and patience to deal with students forgetting things. They also received a bigger heart to love all students, even difficult ones, and hope that students would learn and they could have breaks. In the end, God was pleased with teachers for the important role they would play in educating future generations, including his son Jesus who would also be called Teacher.

1. And God Created the First Teacher
On the sixth day, God created man. On the seventh day He rested, not so much to
recuperate from the previous six days of work, but rather to prepared Himself for the
work He was going to do on the next day. For it was on that day--the eight day that God
created the First teacher. The Teacher, though taken from among men and women, had
several significant modifications. In general, God made the Teacher more durable than
others. The Teacher was made to rise at 5:30 a.m. and go to bed no earlier than 11:30
p.m. with no rest in between. The Teacher had to be fit to correct 102 term papers over
Easter vacation.
Yes, God made the Teacher tough, but gentle, too. The Teacher was equipped with soft
hands to dry the tears of the second grader who pet goldfish drowned the night before
or those of the 16 year old girl who was not asked to the prom.
And into the Teacher, God poured a generous amount of patience. Patience, when a
student asks for a repeat of the directions the Teacher had just repeated for someone
else. Patience, when the kids forget their book money for the fourth day in a row.
Patience, when one-third of the class fails the test. Patience, when the textbooks
haven't come today and the classes start tomorrow.
And God gave the Teacher a heart slightly bigger than the average human heart. For
the Teacher's heart had to be big enough to love the kid who screams, "I hate this class,
it's boring!"...to the kid who wets his pants in the middle of the phonics lesson while the
supervisor is in the room...to love the kid who gets arrested for drunk driving on the day
after he got an 'A' on his essay entitled, "The Evils of Alcohol"...to the kid who runs out
of the classroom at the end of the school year without so much as a 'goodbye,' let alone
a 'thank you.'
And lastly, God gave the Teacher an abundant supply of Hope. For God knew that the
Teacher would always be Hoping. Hoping that the kids would someday learn how to
spell...hoping that just for one day no one's zipper would get stuck...hoping not to have
lunch room superivision...hoping that Friday would come...hoping for a free day...and
always hoping for more pay.
When God finished creating the Teacher, He stepped back and admired the work of His
hands. And God saw that the Teacher was good. Very good. And God smiled, for when
He looked at the Teacher, He saw into the future. God saw that His Only Begotten Son
would someday come to earth and live among men. And He would be called Teacher,
too.
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