I consider my job to be one of the greatest occupations in the universe!  I have the important job of being a “STAR POLISHER.”  You see, I am a teacher.  The stars are the children in my class.  My job is to take each child – in whatever shape they come in – and shine and buff them and then send them out to take their places as bright, twinkling beacons in God’s world.  

The children come into my room in all shapes and sizes.  Sometimes they’re bent, tarnished, dirty, crinkly, or broken.  Some stars are cuddly, soft, and funny.  Some are prickly and thorny.

As I buff and polish, I train and teach my little stars; I tell them that God has a wonderful plan for their lives; I tell them they can do anything they set their minds to.  I tell them they can be the brightest, shiniest stars in the sky and the world will be a better place because of them. 

Each night as I look at the stars twinkling and sparkling in the sky, I am reminded of the awesome responsibility that God has bestowed on me.  As the day ends, I get out my buffing cloth and my bottle of polish and prepare for tomorrow…for my class of little “super stars!”