• Apr. 12, 2007
A poem I liked

"To Be Educated" By: Carolyn Caines

If I learn my ABC's, can read 600 words per minute, and write with perfect penmanship, but have not been shown how to communicate with the Designer of all language, I have not been educated.

If I can deliver an eloquent speech and persuade you with my stunning logic, but have not been instructed in God's wisdom, I have not been educated.

If I have read Shakespeare and John Locke and can discuss their writings with keen insight, but have not read the greatest of all books - the Bible - and have no knowledge of its personal importance, I have not been educated.

If I can explain the law of gravity and Einstein's theroy of relativity, but have never been instructed in the unchangeable laws of the One Who orders our universe, I have not been educated.

If I can classify animals by their famuly, genus, and species,l and can write a lengthy scientific paper that wins and award, but have not been introduced to the Maker's purpose for all creation, I have not been educated.

If I graduate with a perfect 4.0 and am accepted at the best university with a full scholarship, but have not been guided into a career of God's choosing for me, I have not been educated.

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Comments

• Apr. 28, 2007
Great!

Posted by MamaJ

Wow, I was really impressed with that! I haven't begun homeschooling my two children yet, they are one and two years old. I need first to work on training them. It's a tough task, and it seems very daunting. What you wrote here really helps keep the focus on what's important! Thanks for the great post!

Mama J

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• Apr. 28, 2007
Hello!

Posted by Testimony

We have kids in the same grade! I have a third and first grader also. I love that poem. Can I put it on my blog? I won't do it without you consent.

Thank you,
Karen

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