The Blessings of Teachers

[391 words] One of the things I’ve always enjoyed about teaching is witnessing the “a-ha!” moment. It is when the student has the lightbulb go on and suddenly a mysterious concept becomes plain to them. The teacher has just opened the door for the student, and the student now has the keys themselves. There is blessing for the student, but also blessing for the teachers. The teachers will be blessed themselves by the way they deliver that truth. Notice a blessed teacher and their qualities:  Blessed Teachers Will Explain. A teacher that is blessed by teaching will look at a passage and say, “What does the passage say and mean?” but then also say, “so what do I (and my students) need to know about this passage?” They are not content just to read the word of God to their students but explain the meaning (See Ezra 7:10). Blessed Teachers…