I Corinthians 13:4 The Teachers' Version
Because they know that I love them through Him, my students will know I
will be patient with them, and that it will be an "everyday patience,"
not spasmodic. They won't need to worry as they come into my classroom
each day whether this day I'll be in a good mood or a bad one. My
patience will always be demonstrated through kindness. They will know
that everyday I will always seek their
good, even at the expense of my own, and that my discipline of them,
when necessary, will be constructive, edifying, not personal or
humiliating or self-righteous because I feel a need to impress them with
my authority or that I feel a need for some kind of vindication. They
will never sense a "don't you know who I am" attitude in my responses to
their behavior. And they will know that my passion for their
well-being--my loving patience and my kindness--is deeply rooted in
hope. They will know that when I look at them I see the promise of
their future: "He that has begun a good work in them will complete it."
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