The Teacher Who Taught Me to Care
- Heather Edmund
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Sometimes, God speaks to us in ways we least expect—through people, circumstances, or experiences. For me, He used a teacher to show me what love looks like—in action.
Through this teacher, I experienced a glimpse of God’s heart and learned how powerful love can be. Watching this person care deeply left a lasting impact.
From series: What’s Your Story?
God Uses People to Teach Us Love
God used this teacher’s life to show me a bit of what love truly looks like and the lasting impact it can have on those who receive it. This teacher’s example showed me how love can transform lives.
Witnessing this love made me want to have someone like that in my life, and it inspired me to reflect that same love to my spouse, others, and even children.
I wanted to be in situations where God could use me to show that magnitude of love to young people because I yearn for this measure of love when I was a child and I know what it feels to not get it.
But over time, God has shown me glimpses of His love, and now I know what that love feels like—and I want to give it, too.
As I watched this teacher give it, it made my heart happy and stirred a desire in me to replicate it for others, so they might experience the same reaction—because what we do naturally tends to replicate.
God wants His love to flow through us
Love Thy Neighbor
“The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these.” — Mark 12:31
Sometimes we read the Bible and follow its instructions out of simple obedience—which is good—but we can risk treating God’s commands like routine tasks rather than understanding their deeper purpose.
When God says to “love your neighbor as yourself,” it’s not just a suggestion for good behavior. It’s a safeguard against the cycle of pain.
Consider how hurt multiplies: someone constantly criticized growing up may become critical of others. Or an unhealed person may unintentionally hurt others, reject love, or push people away—not because they are evil, but because they are broken.
God knows this. He understands how pain can multiply and spread like a chain reaction. And the enemy knows it too.
That’s why the enemy pushes us toward bitterness, unforgiveness, and selfishness. But God calls us to break that chain—to stop the cycle by loving others the way we want to be loved. Because when we obey His command, we don’t just change one life—we can stop a domino effect of hurt from continuing to the next person.
God is a God of purpose, and everything He tells us to do (or not do) carries meaning and impact.
Seeing God’s Love in Action
Similar to the teacher’s interaction with his students, this is the kind of love God calls us to carry within us—so that when we encounter a child or anyone who is suffering, lacking, or in need of deliverance, the presence of God in us can bring healing, just as Jesus did when He met the man who was tormented, living among the tombs, and isolated from society.
He was so violent that he could not be restrain, not even with chains. But when Jesus came the once-demon-possessed man was delivered from his tormentor (the demons), clothed, in his right mind, and sitting at Jesus’ feet (Ephesians 3:17–19; Mark 5:1–20; Matthew 8:28–34; Luke 8:26–39; Matthew 22:37–40; Psalm 136:1).
Jesus's presence of love was so powerful that it gave the man peace.
Everything about God, His authority, abilities, you name it stems from His love (1 John 4:8, 16; John 3:16; Romans 5:8). And this is how we should be.
God's love should be so strong in us, that it removes selfishness, lack of compassion, and all those ways about us that prevents us from having a heart for people.
God’s love is powerful, and He calls us to be vessels of that love. By following the example of people He places in our lives, like the teacher who showed me love, we can begin to reflect His love to others.
Every act of compassion, patience, and understanding becomes a ripple that can change lives, restore hope, and break cycles of pain.
Let us be people who love intentionally, as God loves us, so that His presence can shine through us and touch everyone we meet.
From series: What’s Your Story?
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