Day 12 Become

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“…but education is of the spirit and is not to be taken in by the eye or effected by the hand; mind appeals to mind and thought begets thought and that is how we become educated.”
 
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“Have we considered that in the Divine estimate the child's estate is higher than ours; that it is ours to ‘become as little children,’ rather than theirs to become as grown men and women?”

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“‘But to those who received Him, to them gave He power to become the children of God.’ (v.12 prologue to St. John’s Gospel) ‘Become’ implies progression, eternal progression we may believe towards that goal which our Master has set before us as children of God – ‘be ye perfect, as your Father which is in Heaven is perfect,’ We realize some of the joy of the eternity before us when we regard it as an opportunity for endless progress in love, in power, intelligence, in successful endeavour, in glorious activities, in the knowledge of our God and Father, we wonder how the universe itself can afford scope for the full life of such beings as it lies before us to ‘become’ children of God.”
 
 
Examen:  Education is “of the spirit?”  Life-long learning includes eternity? The universe as classroom?  Education is becoming more and more myself?  Am I ready for such a far-reaching revolution?

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...but education is: Charlotte M. Mason, Towards a Philosophy of Education 6:12.
Have we considered: 6:80.
But to those: Mason, Scale How Meditations, 44–45.

Day 12 Become meditation/100 Days copyright Laurie Bestvater 2025
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