a learning experience

For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through the endurance taught in the Scriptures and the encouragement they provide we might have hope.

- Romans 15:4

I am studying the Old Testament in school right now, there is a lot more to it than I had originally thought!

For so long I believed that the Old Testament was history and the New Testament was how to live, but I am finding that, as Romans 15:4 states, the history is written to teach us.

Wow.

Ponder this for a moment: we should learn from our mistakes and the mistakes of others.

Isn’t that what we teach our kids?

We teach them things that we know – things we have learned over the years, things we have seen other people do.

As parents we want to keep our kids from making the same mistakes that we did.

Isn’t this exactly what God is doing with the Bible?

He wants us to learn, so that he can provide encouragement and HOPE.

I don’t know about you, but I think that God is a pretty good teacher.

Have a blessed day!