Coffee With Pat
Written By: Pat Aman
copyright 2006
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I remember when I was teaching the G.E.D program at Central Caroline, I taught high school kids, who for whatever reason had dropped out of school. A lot were because they were in trouble and had problems. The Community College allowed you to have a devotion and prayer if all the students agreed. Well all of mine did. Each morning be started the class with a devotion and then I said a prayer. When I had to have emergency surgery, and they called a substitute in, when she got ready to start class, the students told her that they had to have their devotion and prayer first. She did not think it was allowed, so she went to the Director. Of course the Director told her that we started each day with a devotion and prayer. She also told her that the students that came through my classroom did better and passed the G.E.D.. If you know anything about the G.E.D. program, the student have five test that they have to pass, and it is not easy. The Math is the hardest. I had one girl I remember that could not even subtract when she started in August. When she caught on to how it was done, she was so excited and the class gave her a standing ovation. To cut the story short, she passed all of her test, including the Math Algebra part the following May. I will tell you, it was not because of me, but because of Jesus. I shared Jesus with them, and He gave them the self-esteem to succeed. I also had the oldest man at the college get his G.E.D. at the age of seventy-two. Praise God for letting me be a teacher for Jesus and for Education. (Deuteronomy 6: 5-9) 5. Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. 6. These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts. 7. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. 8. Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. 9. Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates. "If God has given you the gift to teach, just let your example be from the Man of Galilee. He was the best." Pastor Pat Aman (John 3:2) 2. He came to Jesus at night and said, "Rabbi, we know you are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the miraculous signs you are doing if God were not with him." I know that each of you have read this poem before, but I found it when I was going through my notebook of sermons I preached when I was Pastoring at a couple of churches. Thought it was special then, and I still do. "The Teacher" He never taught a lesson in a classroom. He had no tools to work with, such as blackboards, maps or charts. He used no subject outlines, kept no records, gave no grades. His only text was ancient and well-worn. His students were the poor, the lame, the deaf, the blind, the outcast. His method was the same with all who came to hear and learn. He opened eyes with faith. He opened ears with simple truth, and He opened hearts with Love. A love born of forgiveness, a gentle man, a humble man, He asked and won no honors, no gold awards of tribute to His expertise or wisdom. And yet this quiet teacher from Galilee has fed the needs, fulfilled the hopes, and changed the lives of many millions. for what He taught brought heaven to earth, and revealed God's heart to mankind.

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