Try, try, try again...

I'm amazed by the human capacity to learn.  As babies we learn to walk, as toddlers we learn to run, as children we learn to jump...  Throughout life we're given opportunities to continue to learn.  I see it with my own children now, our 15 year old is learning to drive (aaaaaggggghhhhh), our 13 year old is learning theatre, our 7 year old has just learned to ride her bike with no training wheels.  As parents, Brenda and I must learn how to parent teenage girls (for me it equates to bald and broke), as ministers we're learning to pastor an ever-growing congregation and as a children's ministry we're learning how to remain relevant to individual children, even though our numbers continue to climb.  God has given all of us this tremendous mind to capture information, process it and develop skill which reflects the knowledge we've attained.  Wow, what an awesome God.  We must be pretty special, to be equipped with this ability.

What a pity it would be if we were to decide to stop learning.  If we were to resign ourselves to the idea that we've learned all there is to know or all that we're capable of knowing.  Just think about it, a little over 500 years ago everyone KNEW the world was flat, less than 150 years ago everyone KNEW that man would never fly, 50 years ago everyone KNEW that it was physically impossible for a human to run a mile in under 4 minutes, and 2,000 years ago everyone KNEW that Jesus was dead and gone.  What do we KNOW today?  I challenge you to learn something NEW tomorrow, then the day after and the day after that...  Lord, renew our minds with the knowledge you would have for us.  Help us, Lord, to maximize this wonderful gift of learning and may You be glorified because of it.