Life 101

Proverbs 1:23 "Turn at my reproof, behold I will pour out my spirit unto you."

I've been in the class Life 101 for a long time.  I love the Teacher....so I keep staying in His classroom! I also haven't taken the Final yet. I'm not sure when I'll be taking that.  I'm waiting for my Teacher to tell me I'm ready.

I think I'm pretty attentive to study habits. And I have a Tutor. The Holy Spirit is always on call when I need Him. He's great and always helps me to better prepare for the quizzes and tests.

I especially don't like pop quizzes and my Teacher loves to give them!  Of all my testing, I do my worst on these! Last week, one really took me by surprise! When the Teacher placed it back in my hands, I was stunned. It was pretty marked up with red. The tears came.  I really wanted to argue with Him. Am I not a good student? Am I not in class every time? Don't I carry  that Textbook around and quote from it? After all, I've turned in some excellent papers and gotten good grades!

When I looked up at Him, my Teacher gave me a look of reproof and asked me to meet with Him after class.  I was embarrassed, but He was so understanding and gentle with me. He has been my teacher for so long; He knows my heart. He sat me down and gave me some really good pointers;  making me understand some things I was unaware of!

Because I appreciate that Teacher so much and He has been patiently teaching me for so long, I recognized where I had failed to study in some of the more difficult chapters.

Believe me , I studied harder this week. Though it is necessary, reproof disturbs me! If it's necessary to my education (and I read in my Textbook that it is) I surely want to learn quickly from it!

Guess what? I had another one today. I got a good grade...but you know what?  I think I better not take that for granted.  I have the feeling those Pop Quizzes will keep coming!