Math as a Bible lesson?!

        PJ and I attended a seminar hosted by CHEC at the beginning of the month to help us navigate and discern God's direction for school as we get closer to the high school years.  Of all the great information shared and choices laid out before us, one little precious piece of wisdom continues to smack me in the face every day. Math, above all else beneficial, is GREAT character training!  You need not but  step through my front door around 9am Monday through Friday to know this is true.  I married a math-whiz physics major who dreams in spreadsheet format.  I never really struggled with math (that I can remember -which really isn't saying much -that WAS a long time ago).  In that, God has blessed me (I mean that sincerely!) with one very artistic daughter who tends to not think like a mathmetician, and one who is very detail oriented, but lacks some perseverance for the meantime (the third is a little young yet to know). Both are perfectionists!  Add these together, and you have a very interesting, and sometimes trying hour of math that invites lessons in self-control in the midst of frustration, perseverance to seek solutions amidst failure, and patience and love in teaching.
      Math has made me want to be a student of my children in order to better understand how God made their minds.  It also shows me my own depravity when I let my own frustration get out of control.  Above all though, it is a wonderful reminder to bring to memory God's direction in life and learning.
"The Fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom".  We have learned to lay math (and ALL of our learning through the day) at the feet of the Giver of our wisdom and live expecting Him to give us the understanding we need.