A teacher asked
one of her second-grade students, “If I gave you two cats, and another two cats,
and another two, how many cats would you have?” Johnny answered, “Seven.” The
teacher replied, “No. Now listen carefully. If I gave you two cats, plus
another two cats, plus another two, how many cats would you have?” Johnny
seriously answered, “Seven.” Frustrated the teacher said, “Let me put it to you
differently. If I gave you two apples, plus another two apples, plus another
two, how many apples would you have?” Johnny immediately answered, “Six.” Beaming,
the teacher said, “Correct! Now if I gave you two cats, plus another two cats,
plus another two, how many cats would you have?” Johnny answered, “Seven.” Confused,
the teacher asked, “Johnny, where do you get seven from?” Johnny said with
confidence, “Well, I’ve already got one cat at home.”
Two college
students planned a trip to Australia during their winter break. Before leaving
home, one of their dads gives them both a bit of advice: “You watch them Aussie
cab drivers. They’ll rob you blind. You haggle the price with them.” At the
Sydney airport, the students catch a cab to their hotel. When they reach their
destination, the cabbie says, “That’ll be twenty dollars, lads.” “Oh no you don’t!
My dad warned me about you. You’ll only be getting fifteen dollars from me,”
says one of the students. “And you’ll only be getting fifteen from me too,”
adds the other.
The world is changing
every day and it’s not hard to focus on any given subject with pros and cons, acceptance,
or rejection. Probably the hottest subject of the day is education, and the
reactions of many groups is over the top with personal concerns ignoring the
fact that our education institutions are failing our children in every area of education,
placing our society far down the list of productive world participants. Just
think. A century ago, when discipline and education was a priority at home and
in school, intelligence shined, and pride grew with productivity. Today the
only way to feel productive is to invent a cause to complain about - finding a
way to shine a spotlight upon oneself - and draw money from other
attention-getting fools. What ridiculous shameful people we have become as we
act upon the world stage. Once upon a time we were known as a refined righteous
society shining as a beacon of hope in a lost world. We ourselves have become
lost in ignorance.
[Acts 17:11] Bible
reading, though discouraged by some, is a wonderful privilege as well as an essential
for Christian living. Being greater than any product of purely human genius,
the Bible cannot but be a benefit to man. In studying the Scriptures man
receives lasting blessings: 1. Strength. Who doesn’t need greater strength
for the heavy loads of life? Proverbs 24:5 says, “A wise man is strong, Yes, a
man of knowledge increases strength.” 2. Happiness. The common objective
of human beings is to be happy. The Bible must be central in the search for
happiness for success to be realized. Psalm 1:1-2 says, “Blessed is the man who
walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stands in the path of sinners, nor
sits in the seat of the scornful; But his delight is in the law of the Lord,
and in His law, he meditates day and night.” 3. The approval of God. “Be
diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be
ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth” (2 Timothy 2:15). No higher
goal in life is there than to seek God’s favor.
Patrick Henry,
near death, said “Here is a book, the Bible, worth more than all others that
were ever printed; yet it is my misfortune never to have found time to read
it.”
Reader, apply
yourself to the Scriptures and then apply the Scriptures to your life (Galatians
3:26-28). The Bible needs to be, once again, the Book of home schooling.
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