Are you a teacher? Do you love a teacher, know a teacher, had a teacher, or have been a teacher before? If so, this podcast is specifically for you. I was a voice teacher for three weeks and found it scary and terrifying and ended up quitting. Teachers are underpaid and under appreciated. Today, I am talking to teachers and those who love teachers. Next week is teacher appreciation week, and I want to talk about the job that every girl at my high school wanted except for me. Today is an ode to teachers. 

You can find Melissa here: 

Podcast Web Page  Facebook Page  @MsMelissaRadke on Instagram  @msmelissaradke on Twitter 

Show Notes 

• [00:21] How being a teacher is one of the jobs that I would like to do the least. 
• [00:35] I taught voice lessons for three weeks and woke up with diarrhea every single morning. 
• [01:13] Today, I am taking an opportunity to speak to teachers directly. 
• [02:21] Being a teacher is a job of purpose. It's no mistake. There is nothing that God hasn't thought out, and you are a teacher because you are supposed to be. 
• [03:40] How the Bible says that there are seasons and a time for everything. 
• [04:35] If you read Ecclesiastes, you will see that you have spent your time teaching and preparing to teach, because it is what you are supposed to be doing. 
• [08:05] Teachers are about teaching lessons so please don't miss this important lesson. 
• [08:53] The message of Hebrews 12 verses 1-3 as broke down in The Message Bible.  
• [11:08] In 2009, we had just moved to Lufkin, Texas. Remy had just started kindergarten.  
• [11:43] This was a tough year for us, and Remy had to hear a lot of yelling during this year. 
• [12:17] Remy's teacher was a constant in a pretty unconstant world.  
• [13:16] How God loves children and will do whatever it takes to make sure that they are surrounded by the constant. 
• [13:24] Children need to be surrounded by the love during the day, especially, if they are not surrounded by the love at night. 
• [14:07] You might be the favorite teacher of the town's next mayor. You might be the bright spot in that future surgeon’s day. 
• [14:30] Teachers have a selfless job, because they have to help these children find their purpose. 
• [14:49] Ecclesiastes 3 if it were written by a teacher… 
• [17:50] My lightning round that I wrote for my own self. (My feelings on school.) 
• [19:39] How to bless your teacher next week during teacher appreciation week. 
• [20:06] No apples, candles, or homemade potholders. Teachers like to look cute, and they are running out of things to wear. 
• [20:22] The I am so freaking valuable shirts sale out everywhere I go. Show your teacher how valuable you think they are. 

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Links and Resources: 

• Podcast Web Page 
• Facebook Page 
• @MsMelissaRadke on Instagram 
• @msmelissaradke on Twitter 
• Red Ribbon Week Video 
• This Sucks But God Is Good (online course)  
• The Message Bible 
• I am so freaking valuable shirt. (promo code:Him TEACHER)