Learning

Isn't it ironic how the more we learn, the more we realize we don't know?  This experience has been not far from me the past months.

I remember a college professor instructing our class to draw a pie graph with 3 sections.  One section was for information we knew we knew.  The second section was for information we knew we didn't know.  The third section was for information we knew we didn't know.

The purpose was to visually demonstrate our perspective on how much we think we do and don't know...and maybe reveal a bit of our pride.

Since doing that exercise, it's guaranteed that my 2nd and 3rd sections have grown...perhaps the 3rd most obvious.

But even though it may be humbling to realize how little we know, let that not take away our hunger to learn.

Trusting and Doing

It's one thing to say, "God, I trust you."
It's another to do something about it, to act in faith.

The plane tickets were in need of purchasing but I was less than 50% funded.  Surely God would provide the funds soon so I could buy these tickets, right? But then I heard a whisper, "Buy the tickets now; God will take care of it."

And so I did.  My actions were a bit counter-intuitive.  God's way of doing this is, in human's eyes, counter-intuitive; but, it is always good.

I'm excited to see how God will work!