“Wisdom and knowledge will be the stability of your times.” Isaiah
33:6
Today’s American schools
have increasingly fallen behind their educational ancestors. There is a
Facebook challenge that offers today’s generation a chance to see how well they
do on a 1910 graduation exam for 8th graders. They don’t do well.
While knowledge has increased in general, as is seen in all the technological
and scientific advances, knowledge in particular, at the base point of the
average student, is in serious decline.
In American schools of the
early 20th century there was a component missing today.
Christianity. The Bible says that the fear of the Lord is the beginning of both
wisdom and knowledge. At this Advent season I reflect on how our schools used
to envision this season. Children learned Christmas hymns. They learned the
Christmas story. Their pageants were quite Christ centered. Advent is a grand
time to remind us how we can truly gain wisdom and knowledge; we can only do it
by centering our learning on Christ.
Dear Father, Help us to
remember that without You there is no true wisdom or knowledge. Amen.
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