Be an Encourager
Colossians 4:7-8 Tychicus will tell you all the news about me. He is a dear brother, a faithful minister and fellow servant in the Lord. I am sending him to you for the express purpose that you may know about our circumstances and that he may encourage your hearts. Photo by Maggie Jowers Our minister’s words about encouragement wrapped around me. For nine years, I’d been employed in an elementary school as a paraprofessional. During that time, I oversaw the library. I wasn’t a teacher, or an administrator, I was what the system at the time called an aide. After I left the school and moved on in my career, the term paraprofessional was used in educational circles instead of aide. The word sounded more professional, but I didn’t realize the true meaning until the minister’s sermon. Parakaleō is the Greek term for encourage. Para means to come alongside. The light bulb in my head glowed with brilliant light. As a paraprofessional, I had come alongside the teachers and h...
