Love. Love. Love
Jesus said it clearly: The two most important commandments are loving God with everything we’ve got and loving our neighbors as we would love yourselves. Teaching our children can be difficult and demanding but Jesus reminds us that everything boils down to these two commands.
How can you apply these two commands in your lives? Seek and pursue love in all that you do. Make it a habit to infuse love in all your teaching sessions. Here are some ways we can do acts of love in our teaching and as we go about our day-to-day:
Love yourself and take care of yourself.
Lovingly nurture relationships.
Be loving in your choice of words.
Love God’s Word. Prioritize it.
In love, seek to understand.
Pursue, love, and forgive.
Express love, say “I love you!”
Delegate lovingly.
When you need to speak the truth, do so in love.
Love also means being willing to say sorry.
Love is the ingredient that spells a big difference in all that we do, especially when we teach our children. Rita Pierson, an American educator dedicated to lifelong learning, always reminded teachers that students learn best from loving teachers who care about them.
Prayer
Our Loving Father, by Your Spirit, fill our learning sessions with love. Let love prevail in our home. Correct our unloving ways and help us love like You do.
Call to Action
Take time with your children to talk about the loving—and unloving—ways in your home. Foster a safe environment where you can discuss things openly. Learn from each other and seek to do things better.
This is an excerpt from Devotions for Teacher-Moms: Moments of Rest and Refreshing by Felichi Pangilinan-Buizon & Donna Pangilinan-Simpao, MD, now available at OMF Lit Bookshops, shop.omflit.com, Shopee, and Lazada for P275.
About the book:
“What a beautiful image the Lord provides for our learning environment—children learning from a humble teacher, children finding rest instead of distress from a teacher who’s gentle and humble”
Mothers already carry a ton of responsibilities at home, at work, and in the community. Now, they are also Teacher-Moms to their children, either in homeschooling or remote learning. This can feel overwhelming.
Felichi Pangilinan-Buizon and Donna Pangilinan Simpao, Teacher-Moms who saw their children through decades of home learning, know how it is. They’ve experienced being exhausted, discouraged, and doubt-filled. In this weekly devotional, they offer fellow Teacher-Moms encouragement for the times when they feel overburdened and practical tips on teaching and pressing on.
