Silver and Gold

But every time I get to Chapter 4, with “Hear my children, the instruction of a father, and give attention to know understanding”, I think how can I tell my boys this, where is the incentive. OK, a long life, a crown of glory, but it always felt preachy, and that just struck me wrong. Really, I am the one rebelling inside.

Then the other day it finally struck me, bong, my eyes actually opened wide and I had to smile. These are treasures being promised! Boys love treasure, silver, gold jewels, shinny armor. I love treasure! We all dig holes for it in the yard, at the beach, old farm dumps, anywhere there is hope for a chest filled with riches! God was promising more, even better treasures! This is really exciting, we have the potential for a life long treasure hunt seeking wisdom and understanding and the gifts provided! And He was giving us the map – a map is good when seeking buried treasure.

OK, I tired it on my 14-yr old. He looked up out of the corner of his eye, smiled, “Yeah, I never thought of it that way”.  Wait until his brothers hear!

9:44 AM - Aug. 8, 2006 - post comment

Hey Dad

Great post! I think it's great that you have all these epiphanies about the Bible. Hope your day goes well,
Saul

Gollum - 12:15 PM - Aug. 8, 2006

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TAG!

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Have fun!
Hawk

Hawk - 12:39 PM - Aug. 8, 2006

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I'm dodging this whole tag thing

But I couldn't agree more with the treasure thing! I like it. Keep digging!

Somerschool - 4:40 PM - Aug. 8, 2006

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What about buried caterpillar?

Tell me truly: did my my caterpillar not molt, after all? Did it truly fall apart? Ew!!! Can I expect the "exploding virus" to infect the others? At what stage will they be beyond the threat of death by explosion? Will my household be safe from injury by projectile disintegration after I remove the 'pillars from the hard plastic cup and place them in the soft netting habitat? Oh, this is more than I care to think about...

Pomaleedon - 10:47 PM - Aug. 10, 2006

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Treasure

Thanks for dropping by and encouraging another homeschool dad in the journey. You're wife was blogging with my wife and mentioned you were starting and it got me thinking I'd try too.

I look forward to your future blogs (after the grant thing is over)...speaking of other things to do, I'd better get back to the 16mm transfer thats running in the living room. Blessings. Thanks for the thoughts on treasure, I plan on using that (I'm going through Proverbs with my son).

Ebenim - 11:39 PM - Aug. 11, 2006

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