Summer is wonderful, but if we wanted it year-round we’d move to Mexico! We here in BC welcome the cooler weather and the turning of the leaves, especially the leaves of our children’s or grandchildren’s textbooks!
September may be the time when the younger generation heads back to school literally, but we the older generation can and should do the same thing, at least figuratively. Henry Ford said: “Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young.” Amen to that!
When I retired after 27 years as president of a theological college, I figured I could relax. No more teaching for a while, so no more learning was needed. But the Good Book challenged me to keep studying. This verse came to mind: “Follow the whole instruction the Lord your God has commanded you, so that you may live, prosper, and have a long life” (Deut. 5:33).
I committed to reading at least three chapters of the Bible each day and posting a devotional blog based on that reading (check it out: www.robbuzza.blogspot.ca).
I do it because the Bible is God’s instruction manual for life on this earth and beyond. I like this acronym for the B.I.B.L.E. - Basic Instruction Before Leaving Earth.
What do you want to learn this fall? Maybe add some extra knowledge for our trivia contests, keep current with current affairs, develop another life skill, learn how to do a new craft, or figure out a new way to help someone else?
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