Life Long Learner

Marsha was so excited about many of the things she learned while getting her masters degree at Cambridge College. I always knew that Marsha was an exceptional teacher. She said that she knew she was meant to be a teacher from the time she was a child, and she proved it to be true. She also had no investment in doing the same old job in the same old ways. She would listen and take to heart information that she thought might improve her ability to teach her students. Cambridge College gave her new ideas that she thought really improved her ability to do just that. In her later retirement years she was helping people as a spiritual director again learning to do new things for the benefit of others. I'd like to think I have the same attitude. Seminary, ordained ministry, Computer, Facebook, Ipods, blogs are all late additions to my life skills. Some people are surprised by the things I continue to explore as an older guy. You know the slogan of the Army recruiter, that they can help you be all that you can be. When we stop learning we give up a piece of our humanity, that which makes our species special. God wants us to pursue a deeper understanding of Him and his creation. He wants us to use all the tools at our disposal to develop every skill that will be useful in His hands to serve in the world. Isn't it exciting that our brain never gets full. What new thing is waiting for you?