On Learning

Mel just finished reading a book called An Introduction to the Old Testament Template, by Landa Cope. He told me yesterday, while we were out walking, that he'd started reading it before we went to the States, but just couldn't get into it. He decided to start it again. This morning he interrupted me while I was reading and asked if he could read aloud a long paragraph to me. He said he thought I'd like it. Sure, I responded - go for it (I like it when Mel reads to me :) ).

He was right. I did like it. So, here it is for you, too! (He has some problems with the book over all, said he needs to think more about it before he can give a recommendation on it yet, one way or the other.)

pg 124
A NOTE TO ALL BELIEVERS:
Do you love learning? God does! Are you interested in everything? God is! If we are to model Jesus to those around us, part of that modeling will be His passion to know His Father in every area of life. One of the most tragic effects of the split gospel is the loss of interest in most of life. Often it seems that the only thing a believer can talk about is church, prayer, heaven, and hell. Not that those are not important. They are! But, were Jesus here, He would be ecstatic to be in the first generation to actually see through the Hubble telescope a star being born, or dying. His Father created that and He would worship Him in all that the heavens are still teaching us. He would stand in awe at the way His Father created the DNA of the human species. He would ponder the fact that every cell can reproduce every other human cell and what that says about the nature and character of God. Jesus would love the idea of going to other planets and discovering more of what the Father has made. He would be reading, listening, eager about what is going on in His Father's cosmos and He would be excited about what we are learning and how God wants to use that insight.

God has made us with the capacity to learn - or refuse to learn, to know - or to refuse to know. From Genesis to Revelation God portrays Himself as the Lord of knowledge, revealed in all the truths of the universe. Choose to think like God! Choose to be interested. Model Jesus' love of learning and you will make those around you hungry for more.

Children love learning unless they are taught to be afraid of it. All it takes to learn is willingness to admit you don't know. That is the humility of a child. Children naturally ask questions. They have to be taught to feel foolish about the eagerness to know things. God loves questions and calls us to "ask, seek, knock" ...and become like children again.

Oh! How my heart resonates with this! I don't know what else she has written in this book, but this section alone is worth the price of the book for me. :)