MY PRAYER
(A Teachers Prayer)
Bong Lozano

Almighty and Ever loving God, The One and Only powerful God. who made heaven and earth, The source of wisdom, knowledge and understanding, Great Teacher and Model. I acknowledge you, I Praise and Glorify your Holy and Powerful Name. You are worthy to be Adored. Your name be magnified.

My yesterday is done, it may be dark and cloudy or it may be as shining as the sun, whatever it is, I am still Me. My today awaits it may be as colorful as the rainbow or cloudy as the storm, whatever it may be I offer it to you and our tomorrow is coming, I do not know what lies ahead, but you alone knows, what my future be, I have so many great and wonderful plans for my self and family for our tomorrow, I lay it down to you for I know you have much better and much greater plans for me. I lift it up to you and, Let your Will be Done, I pray.

Bear in me your wisdom, because I know your wisdom can not be measured and weighed by human understanding. I humbly submit to you, Oh Lord.

I can not understand why you chose me to be a teacher, A special kind of missionary of values in shaping young peoples lives. I accept it, Lord, imperfect I maybe, Here I am Lord, send me. You made me imperfect Lord, so that I will come to you and call on you, to become perfect.

Human as I am, weak and sinful, Lord, Make me an instrument of your wisdom and knowledge. Make me an instrument of your Love and peace to my fellow teacher missionaries and my students who are hunger and thirsty for knowledge. Lord, where there is hatred around, let me sow love. When there is injury, help me to forgive and be forgiven. When I feel doubt and troubled, strengthen my faith. When I am despaired give me hope. When I can not see, when I am blind to the truth, be my light to be the light of others. When I feel sad, be my joy so that I will find happiness in where I am now and what I am doing as a teacher-missionary.

Help me, dear Lord, to be a molder, a model and a witness of your Love to my students and co missionary teachers in spite of my imperfections, let me spread your fragrance as teachers, counselors, second parents and most of all to be a friend whom I meet every day. May I take this task, as a mission in life. Flood my soul with your Love, because only Love can make me serve the least fortunate and, the most unloved children.

Shine thru me and in me so that in every soul I will encounter from today onwards, may see, feel, and experience your presence in me, your teacher and see no longer me, but you Oh Lord in me.

Lord, help me do something good for others in my daily life, especially the least fortunate so that at the end of each day I can say I am proud to be a teacher. And at the end of this life I can say, Lord I obeyed you and have done my part, Thank you for the great gift of life as a teacher…let me die in your arms Lord, not as a teacher but your obedient child. AMEN.