"The man said, “The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me fruit of the tree, and I ate.” Then the Lord God said to the woman, “What is this that you have done?” The woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.” The collage above depicts an incredibly imperfect portrait of but the tiniest glimpse into God's perfectly planned puzzle. Sometimes even the machines that carve out those little cardboard pieces make the most minute mistakes and somehow there may be a tiny gap here or there. The single most amazing thing that I have witnessed in my life is that in His infinite wisdom, all of God's puzzle pieces fit perfectly. And it's fun because God has a manifold plan that He has been unveiling for millennia, and He allows me to behold it as He reveals it to mankind.
When I try to wrap my mind around what has gone through the mind of God since the beginning of time, although I will never be able to do it, it is a great challenge for me.
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I guess that's the greatest reason I like math (more than I ever thought I would): it challenges me to THINK.īut far more than math has taught me how to think, God has.
It's a challenge, but a worthy one - not necessarily because math is the greatest thing ever, but that it gives us the opportunity to stretch and grow our minds. Maybe even harder than you've ever thought before. I find it difficult, however, for many of my students to work with the pieces of the puzzle to reach a masterful end result. Since my mind is one of those systematic, formulaic types, math treats me well. But the beauty of it all is that they do fit, somehow. In a lot of ways, math can be likened to a big puzzle that frustrates some people to no end because it can be a little tricky if the pieces don't seem to fit. That Nintendo, in my opinion was the best gaming system ever, but that's another story.Īnd since becoming a high school math teacher, my appreciation for puzzles has increased.
My brain is a little more cut-and-dry and systematic.Įven though I didn't much like those types of tabletop puzzles when I was young, I was a fan of Tetris on the old-school, 8-bit Nintendo video game system. Not those puzzles with the weird shapes that make some picture when you piece it all together. They were too scattered and time-consuming, I guess. Growing up, I never really got into puzzles.
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