Teaching Is the Best

A teacher is a tool

That uses his tools

To teach someone else

Not to be a fool

Don’t take a teacher lightly

Jesus was one

In fact he was the best

Since creation’s dawn

It is my belief

It is the best career

And making it a vocation

Requires thought and care

It’s not about taking

But more about giving

And at every step

It’s always about living

Everyone is a teacher

Each and every day

But it is the trained teacher

That truly leads the way

He must have a passion

But he also must be trained

As such he makes less mistakes

And causes us less pain

He must have a love

For the teaching career

And to each of his students

He must dedicate his care

Researching and studying

Evaluating and analyzing

And like the goodly doctor

Diagnosing before prescribing

It’s no guessing business

Or one cure fits all

For one to be a teacher

He should have had a call

  

So if you want to be teacher

Just to make some money

That’s the wrong profession

You will be sorry

And if you want to be a teacher

Because the hours appear short

Right now before you start

This is the time to abort

You will burn the midnight oil

And the candle at both ends

And beyond nine till three

You’ll be working hard, my friend

If you want to be a teacher

Because of the vacation time

You’ll need every single minute

For stress will cloud your mind

It’s not a lovely picture

But it’s a rewarding vocation

For at the end of the day

You would have built a nation

You’ll look back and you’ll see

The many you’ve helped to grow

And like the diligent farmer

Bless God for the seeds you sowed

The doctor and the lawyer

The artisan and the artist

Even the teacher and the dancer

Don’t forget the economist

There’s not a single profession

That you would not have touched

And many would shake your hand

In response for giving so much

So if you’re at the crossroads

And you’re wondering what to do

Teaching is a great option

That is my expert view

But only if you’ve considered

All I have said before

If with passion you pursue teaching

For you there’s much in store

Thank all of you for reading

And giving your cellphone a rest

I maintain my former position

Teaching is the best!

Stewart Russell © September 2018

Discovering the Heart of God

Let us begin at the very start,

Everything flows right from the heart,

Out of the heart the mouth speaks,

Out of the heart every passion leaks.

So with this focus imprinted on our mind

We’ll take a journey to see what we find

As God uses marital imagery

To demonstrate to all His intimacy.

For after all the church is that bride

His Son has chosen to be at his side

Having paid for her an infinite price

On the cross of Calvary there sacrificed.

In His delight we should readily share,

His passion and purpose should be our care,

To do His will should be our resolve

And around His plan our will should revolve.

The heart of God is divinely fashioned

Revealing to us His endearing passion

To save a wretched world lost in sin

And bring His prized creation back to Him.

‘Twas the reason His only Son came

And died for those who’d call on his name,

In this God’s mission would be realized

To save the world, His eternal franchise.

Man created He in His own image

But Satan and sin did untold damage

Moving God to give up His only Son,

Praise God today that task was done!

“So what is the heart of God?” you ask,

It’s clearly defined not covertly masked.

God in Christ the world did reconcile

A heart of love expressed to the defiled.

God is passionate about every one of us

Not just the sheep that have come to Jesus

But also those that are yet to make that claim

Who will one of these days believe on His name.

  

Not only the Jew but the Gentile too,

Red, black or white means me and you,

His passion transcends colour and creed

And class structures caused by human greed.

If we His children must Him imitate

Then God’s own passions we must emulate

Portraying a love for a world that’s lost

Telling them of the Christ of Calvary’s cross.

“Where’s the heart of God?” you ask again,

Where can I find its transforming flame?

On the pages of Holy writ ‘tis clear to see

And easily accessed without price or fee.

For freely received ought to be freely give,

A witness from the lip and of the life we live,

A testimony of the one we call our Saviour,

A service to Him and not of humdrum labour.

Should not a bride’s duty be to her groom?

So should ours be to him who is coming soon.

Occupy till I come was his loving command,

In lip and life maintain a righteous stand.

With oil in our lamps and with oil to spare

We can both be bride and guests at His affair,

The cry is heard that the groom is on His way

Let’s shout it out too and no longer delay.

For we must be about our Father’s business;

This Jesus demonstrated in every given test

So that we too, his church, must give our best

And having done our part He’ll do the rest.

Our mission to the unsaved doesn’t change,

Wherever we are is its extent and range,

That mission is sharing our faith with another,

Even the nuisance that is a constant bother

For the night comes when no man can work,

So while it is day not one of us should shirk

In carrying out the command given by our Lord

To tell them of his love as written in His word.

The harvest is in plenty but the labourers few

Which one of us is absent?  Is it I?  Is it you?

A little introspection, a finger pointed at me

And the answer to that question is as clear as ABC.

If discovering God’s heart is really our quest

By this time we should have met with some success-

God’s heart and his passion is one and the same

And he who wins a soul is wise, Glory to His name! 

Stewart Russell © 2015