Great Missionaries

We as a people have often minimized the concept of Missionary to just preachers or lay men and women. We often think of missionaries as people who just go in far away countries to bring the liberating gospel of Christ. However, I think we need to start looking at teachers as missionaries. Nope am not talking about teachers in the church, or the synagogue, am talking about your neighborhood teacher, that third grade teacher you disliked, that 12 grade math teacher that you thought was a bum, that college professor that made you stay up all night because his classes were just too hard.

See, to be a teacher is not an easy task. Teachers are responsible for going out there into a world, where children are hurting from abusive homes, irresponsible parents, a world where some families have forsaken the call of love, to make sense to these children. As Pastor Matthew Hagee may say, even some of these teachers may stay longer with the children than the parents. Yet we as people, have forsaken to recognize these teachers, when we pray, we refuse to pray for them, and when we give gifts they may be last. These teachers are responsible for continuing the moral upbringing of your younger siblings, our sons and daughters, our church members, even our future mentees. To me I think they are great missionaries because they have the ability to shape the thinking process of the next generation.

I for one, had the chance of meeting such a teacher who put me in the right path. He was hard on me, when everybody thought I was the smartest dude alive. He pushed me to the limit, when everyone had settled for mediocrity. I will not mention names, but had it not been for this teacher, seeing the potential in me, and bringing out the potential in me, I don't think I could have found the motivation I have today. He thought me in 5th grade how to network, when at that time chasing women was my biggest objective.

What I am trying to say is teachers are great missionaries too. Some of them may not carry the Bible, but they may carry with them, the love the Bible talks about, the perseverance the Bible talks about, the understanding the Bible talks about, and the self-discipline the bible talks about.

To any one who has ever thought a child, or thinking about teaching, May God bless you and always remember to teach these children the RIGHT THING!

- Peace!