My Dear Daughters: Chapter 4: Education

 Education is important. 'Knowledge is power' is a popular saying in the world. There's some truth to that, but the Bible is more equivocal.

'Knowledge puffs up'. Education is good, but if you're educated, don't get proud and arrogant. We should never lose our curiosity and desire to learn.

The most important thing for you to learn is how to get saved for eternity. There's no point being intellectual if you end up being lost forever.

The Bible is able to make you 'wise for salvation'. That is the most important thing. It's possible to be an evil genius: God doesn't want that for us. He wants what's best for us.

Grace, you used to want to be a nurse, now you want to be a teacher. Don't worry about changing your mind: I'm still not sure what I want to be when I'm older!

Nicole, you want to be a teacher, and you play teachers with Grace very well. It's not easy, but it's a good, honest job.

Serena, I'm sure at the time of writing you don't know what you want to be when you're older. That's nothing to worry about. You can be at peace that God will reveal your future step by step.

To be fair, I'm jumping ahead by talking about jobs. As far as formal education is concerned though, it's the foundation of what you go on to do, should He tarry.

If you're anything like your mother, you'll be good at science. That would be a great foundation for a good career in the medical profession for example.

If you're anything like me, you might be good at the arts. That's great for your pastimes (chapter 6), not so much for a career!

My final nugget of wisdom on education is to go with what you enjoy. God gives you talents, you can develop skills, the things you rightly enjoy are gifts from Him. Enjoyment and ability tend to go hand in hand.

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