Friday, August 06, 2004
I'm homeschooled!
Since Planet Earth is my present home, I'm homeschooled. Everything I've learned has been a result of hanging around this third stone from the Sun for almost 55 years now.
Sir Isaac Newton said, " I do not know what I may appear to the world; but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the seashore, and diverting himself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me."
I still see through a glass darkly on many things, but I do claim to have found some reasonable conclusions about certain aspects of this physical venture I'm currently travelling. I like seeking, but finding is so much better. One thing I like about seeking is that it contains the element of hope within its very process.
I would be extremely disheartened if there were no hope in my search for meaning as it would lead me to a life of continuous uncertainty. I have paid an exhorbitant price at times in my search for truth. It's cost me such wages as admitting I'm wrong at times; it's attacked my pride in that what I've sometimes claimed to be "correct" turned out to be, in fact, "error;" it's caused my mind to change on many occasions which created "humble pie" situations for me; and it's eventually led me to see that in this huge universe of knowledge and facts, I know very little when weighed against the mass of truth that is undiscovered still by my finite brain.
Somewhere in the scriptures, there is a verse that alludes to the idea that much learning brings much sorrow. Another verse in there hits upon the point that there is no end to knowledge.
In my opinion, this gives a partial credence to the Christian mention of "resting in His Truth." By faith, I latch onto the Answer given to the world that provides a solution through the seemingly futility of physical death.
It also gives comfort to the burdens of guilt, fear, and shame that don't seem to be addressed in much of a positive manner for those of us who are at times enveloped in those negative traps.
It also shows me that there is a Love much greater than I can envision that will fulfill all of the needs I do have in that area of my well-being.
Since God's ways are not our ways and His thoughts are not our thoughts, I'll rest knowing that the more pebbles and shells I discover along the way will bring me a little bit deeper into the undiscovered ocean of truth that God has full awareness of in His omnipotence and omniscience.
It's a win-win situation. Knowing that I will never be able to absorb or discover it all in my present state of being specifically points me to rest during the search and enjoy each discovery as it comes along.
Homeschooling has its reward!
Sir Isaac Newton said, " I do not know what I may appear to the world; but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the seashore, and diverting himself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me."
I still see through a glass darkly on many things, but I do claim to have found some reasonable conclusions about certain aspects of this physical venture I'm currently travelling. I like seeking, but finding is so much better. One thing I like about seeking is that it contains the element of hope within its very process.
I would be extremely disheartened if there were no hope in my search for meaning as it would lead me to a life of continuous uncertainty. I have paid an exhorbitant price at times in my search for truth. It's cost me such wages as admitting I'm wrong at times; it's attacked my pride in that what I've sometimes claimed to be "correct" turned out to be, in fact, "error;" it's caused my mind to change on many occasions which created "humble pie" situations for me; and it's eventually led me to see that in this huge universe of knowledge and facts, I know very little when weighed against the mass of truth that is undiscovered still by my finite brain.
Somewhere in the scriptures, there is a verse that alludes to the idea that much learning brings much sorrow. Another verse in there hits upon the point that there is no end to knowledge.
In my opinion, this gives a partial credence to the Christian mention of "resting in His Truth." By faith, I latch onto the Answer given to the world that provides a solution through the seemingly futility of physical death.
It also gives comfort to the burdens of guilt, fear, and shame that don't seem to be addressed in much of a positive manner for those of us who are at times enveloped in those negative traps.
It also shows me that there is a Love much greater than I can envision that will fulfill all of the needs I do have in that area of my well-being.
Since God's ways are not our ways and His thoughts are not our thoughts, I'll rest knowing that the more pebbles and shells I discover along the way will bring me a little bit deeper into the undiscovered ocean of truth that God has full awareness of in His omnipotence and omniscience.
It's a win-win situation. Knowing that I will never be able to absorb or discover it all in my present state of being specifically points me to rest during the search and enjoy each discovery as it comes along.
Homeschooling has its reward!
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L J This is soooo uplifting and very true. I like what you said about Sir Isaac Newton. I think you have received a great education in your 'homeschool'. It will bring much lite to many others.
So much of our lives are about hope. In America, we like to talk about "vision," knowing where we are going and having a big plan. In the New Testament, however, the emphasis is on hope, knowing Who we have believed and His power and goodness. What a blessing to seek the one who is truth with an expectant hope!
Osray: We are all walking libraries homeschooled by way of our experiences and lessons learned along the way. Thanks for your remarks. Sir Isaac Newton was a pretty smart guy.
Matthew: As "all roads lead to Rome," so, too, all new discoveries of truth lead to God and further strengthen our hope in Him. The heavens declare His handiwork.
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Matthew: As "all roads lead to Rome," so, too, all new discoveries of truth lead to God and further strengthen our hope in Him. The heavens declare His handiwork.
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