"'Be opened.' And his ears were opened, and at once the impediment of his tongue was loosened and he spoke clearly."
Dear Jesus,
Please loosen my tongue and enable me to speak clearly. Please help me to speak the truth to my students and keep that truth in the proper perspective. Help me to remember to be kind, gentle, and loving in my discipline. Help me to remember that these children are my own children and that they do not see the world from my eyes.
May I keep my children unburdened with my adult perspective, while at the same time enabling them to do their best work.
Help my tongue to be unburdened by anger, fear, and anxiety. Help me to be guided by faith, hope, and love in all I hear and all I say. I've done this many times before, and I can do this more than I do this now.
When I make mistakes, and evil creeps in, may I reflect without perseverating, forgive myself and move on, reincorporating the gifts of faith, hope, and love in my hearing and my speech. Amen.
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