Ch. 625 - Application of Learning

I've said before that God is the greatest Teacher. The world is our classroom. I don't think you can make the choice to stop learning. Whether we realize it or not, we are constantly learning. However, I do think that you can make the choice to apply what you learn over time to your life and what it contains. Yet I believe it's especially important to choose to do exactly that in regards to ministry. I mean, that will automatically happen for a lot of people in their jobs and such - they won't even get/have to choose to do so... but for some people, it's the same thing over and over, year after year after year. Nothing changes. Some do their job the same way they did when they first started.

But people change.

So do cultures.
Points of view.
The way things are done changes.

I think it's safe to say that because things such as these change, we can conclude that people are complex. Yet they're simple at the same time, you know? For the most part, all of mankind desires the same things. We all have the same emotions. We all have strengths and weaknesses. We all have dreams and goals. There's a way to connect with everyone. It's just figuring out where and how we can link with others that can be difficult. But I think the more time and effort we put into learning about people and putting others before ourselves, the easier it becomes. And we need to make those connections with people, developing relationships, so that they may come to know Christ and have eternal life.


'We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard, so that you also may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ.'
[1 John 1:3]