I have happened upon a breakthru in my understanding (and therefore
application) of this approach to home educating my children. It all
started with Lesson 1 in the SDS when it asked us to read(portions of)
the books of Daniel and Timothy and to write a summary of the
characteristics of their education. What I saw was the following:

Daniel had an excellent spirit about him before he came to Babylon. He
also knew God, obviously had been taught about God..even if he studied
on his own and was not taught by his parents..somewhere, somehow along
in his life Daniel knew God, knew the ways of God and had determined to
live a life that conformed to what he had learned about God and His
commandments. He was committed to keep his consecration to the God of his fathers(Dan. 2:23)
Obviously Daniel had been taught about the God of Abraham, Isaac, and
Jacob-his fathers!! I think by reading just the first few chapters of
Daniel that would be a fair and accurate statement.

Timothy also was taught and trained in the scriptures and in the way of
the Lord obviously from as far back as his grandmother and then from
his mother.

Conclusion: What these 2 men were taught was evidenced by the
‘characteristics’ of their life…what was inside of them showed itself
in their outward lives…internal produces external

ex. Daniel had such an excellent spirit that he was eventually made 3rd ruler of the kingdom of Babylon.

Pause and meditate on that…

Put another way…..

The training/education of Daniel and Timothy shaped/molded/made their character

…more to come in next post…

1. That’s so encouraging! That spoke right to where I am. =) God is so good!!!

   Comment by Violet — March 27, 2007 @ 2:25 pm

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