Dear Teacher

I received the instructions to write this book during the COVID-19 pandemic, and I felt that this book was rather out of place for the times we were in, but I obeyed anyway. When I began to write, the Lord spoke so many things to me, but the most interesting thing I heard Him say was “Poor Teacher”. This struck me as odd because I did not know why He was saying it, but it became clearer as life during the pandemic unfolded. During the COVID-19 pandemic, one of the things that we, across the world, began to appreciate more was the teacher. This was when things began to become clear and the oddness faded. As a “church kid,” I always felt that teachers got the short end of the stick. I watched people celebrate pastors, evangelists, and prophets. They feared apostles but it seemed as if they disregarded teachers. This was always something that I internally questioned.
 
When I became a teacher, I saw such parallels between the teacher in academic settings and the spirit that it was mind-blowing. I began to see, clearly, the need for teachers to arise. In the same way that there is a shortage of teachers in secular settings, there is also a lack of teachers in the realm of the spirit, more specifically GOOD teachers. This made the instructions I received clearer, but I still felt something was missing. While preparing to write this book, I replayed the words the Lord spoke to me several times over. One day, while having a conversation with one of my mentees, I realized that I heard the Lord wrong. He was not saying “poor teacher”, but He was saying “POUR teacher..."