Math God's Way

 Once I had a young student who was mildly dyslexic. She struggled with it, thinking she was stupid. Sometimes though she came up with astounding insights, things that I remember to this day.

She was working on her math homework one day and I noticed the subtraction problem she was working on. The problem read 8 - 5 =___. Her answer was 13. 

I tried to help her work through the math using an image of M&Ms. I asked her, "If you had 8 M&Ms and you gave your brother 5 of them..."

She quickly responded, "I would never do that!"

I smiled and went on, "Well, let's say you did. Would you have more M&Ms after you gave them away than you had to start with?"

She gave me the biggest smile and told me, "Yes. God would give me more."

I was astounded. It occurred to me take maybe her checkbook would never be balanced, but she wouldn't ever run out of money.

Think about it. God is a generous Father. All He wants is our love and trust.

Thanks for visiting with me. 

God bless us all.

Kathi

Listening

I've been used to read the Bible - usually in the NIV or Living Bible versions. They are easy to understand and I can read through the Bible in about 6 months if I apply myself. I have an NIV large print Bible that I bought in 1975. I've literally read the covers off of it and duct taped it back together.

No, I don't want a new one. I have tried more than once to use a different copy of the same book. My old one is the one I used to teach out of. It has notes and marks on almost every page. I'd have to go through a new version page by page and transfer all my notes.

For the last year and a half, I've tried something a little different.

Youtube has various versions of the Book in audio. I've been listening to the King James Version while I crochet prayer shawls for hospice. I might miss some things if my mind wanders or if my pattern requires that I count stitches more carefully than usual, but sometimes I pick up points that I'd never seen before. Then I go into my print version and do more studying on that section.

It's very interesting to see one thing and hear another. I'm learning things I'd not picked up on previously.

Try it sometime. Listen to someone read God's Word into your ears and see if a phrase or sentence doesn't pop out in a new way.

"Faith comes by hearing and hearing  by the Word of God." Romans 10:17