Studying with your kids can make you learn new stuff on the way! Given I am a finance guy, the kids believe their father is the Math know-it-all, at the end of the day, I am all day adding and subtracting as they say. Couple of days ago, doing some math homework with Leila, staring at her exercises sheet:
Leila broke the “Study Focus Silence”: Papi, can you please give the calculator please. I saw you using it. It is much easier.
Me: Leila that´s not the point.
Leila (with a disappointed tone): But Why should I spend too much time trying while I can get the answer right away.
Me: You know Leila, you need to understand how it is solved and the concept behind it. The calculator won’t help with that. I am next to you here to explain how we shall solve it. I am not leaving you alone with it.
Leila (excited back again): Yes, better, because if the calculator is out of battery I won’t do anything, and I won’t be even able to explain to the rest of the class how I solve it.
Me: Exactly!
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Me: Leila that´s not the point.
Leila (with a disappointed tone): But Why should I spend too much time trying while I can get the answer right away.
Me: You know Leila, you need to understand how it is solved and the concept behind it. The calculator won’t help with that. I am next to you here to explain how we shall solve it. I am not leaving you alone with it.
Leila (excited back again): Yes, better, because if the calculator is out of battery I won’t do anything, and I won’t be even able to explain to the rest of the class how I solve it.
Me: Exactly!
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Me: Oh God, why do I have to go through this pain, through this pressure, test, problem. Just Take it away now. Don let me go through it. You have the calculator, Give it to me.
God: Do you remember Joseph, before reaching high up in the Egyptian kingdom ranks, was betrayed by his brothers, was put unjustly to Jail, left there for a while. I didn´t hand him the calculator, but I was there with him all the way, and Joseph did not deny the work of my Hands. Just read this carefully, after he was sold in Egypt as a slave:
God: Do you remember Joseph, before reaching high up in the Egyptian kingdom ranks, was betrayed by his brothers, was put unjustly to Jail, left there for a while. I didn´t hand him the calculator, but I was there with him all the way, and Joseph did not deny the work of my Hands. Just read this carefully, after he was sold in Egypt as a slave:
"The Lord was with Joseph so that he prospered, and he lived in the house of his Egyptian master." (Genesis 39:2 NIV)
وكانَ الرَّبُّ مع يوسُفَ فكانَ رَجُلًا ناجِحًا، وكانَ في بَيتِ سيِّدِهِ المِصريِّ. (39 التَّكوينُ:2 )
وكانَ الرَّبُّ مع يوسُفَ فكانَ رَجُلًا ناجِحًا، وكانَ في بَيتِ سيِّدِهِ المِصريِّ. (39 التَّكوينُ:2 )
and when he was put in Jail:
"The Lord was with him; he showed him kindness and granted him favor in the eyes of the prison warden." (Genesis 39:2, 21 NIV)
ولكن الرَّبَّ كانَ مع يوسُفَ، وبَسَطَ إليهِ لُطفًا، وجَعَلَ نِعمَةً لهُ في عَينَيْ رَئيسِ بَيتِ السِّجنِ. (39 التَّكوينُ:21 AVDDV)
and After all that He knew the lesson, and brought back the praise to Me in front of his brothers, to the One who didn’t leave him alone:
"You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives." (Genesis 50:20 NIV)
أنتُمْ قَصَدتُمْ لي شَرًّا، أمّا اللهُ فقَصَدَ بهِ خَيرًا، لكَيْ يَفعَلَ كما اليومَ، ليُحييَ شَعبًا كثيرًا. (50 التَّكوينُ:20 )
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We always ask God to hand us the calculator, blinding our eyes to the fact that tests are for our strength, our growth, and for us to experience what problems others one day can face. He didn’t promise a Full Spring, but He promised He is always with us even through the Toughest Storms.
Get your learning today, rest assured that The Master is not leaving you alone, but wants you to know how to face it with Him, so others ask you and you shall have the answer, the know how, The Key!
Keep shining my Friends!
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