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A Week Before School Starts

It is a week before school starts,

So the cogs are slowly winding up,

Gearing up for the business/busyness

that is a “school year”.

“Curricula,” check.

“Course Outlines” (nearly) check.

“Resources”, always looking.

“Class lists”, check.

“Ah! ‘X’ is in my class.

That will interesting for him

and me.

The time table,

Yard duty,

The marking,

The discipline,

Those annoying sports days and

assemblies …

and parent meetings.

Diaries and homeroom.

Uniforms and chewing gum.

Is that what the new school year is about?

Or is it …

mentoring and example,

words of encouragement

and correction;

Growth and matuity

for both student and teacher.

Discovering gifts, talents and purpose

and crucially,

a destiny.

In all,

revealing our place

in God’s kingdom

and under His rule.