Logos

There are never enough hours in the day to do all the things I want to do. My "quiet time" is actually the time I spend with the kids in the morning studying the Bible. Teaching them what I am studying stretches them, and it is the means God has given me to spend an hour in His Word without having to eliminate some other necessary thing.

I have really been wanting to learn Greek for quite some time, but I just didn't have time. Then it occurred to me- if I want to learn something I need to teach it to my kids. I purchased a Koine Greek curriculum at the beginning of the school year, and even though the kids really wanted to start using it, I thought they weren't ready, so I just put it off. Now, I have added a 15-20 minute Greek lesson to our day and it has been such a good experience.

Around Day 3, there was quite a bit of frustration because, well, it's hard. Epsilon looks like a capital E, but it's still called epsilon, not E. Because a particular perfectionist child couldn't get this right, she started to pout. This led to an entire discussion about how the most rewarding things in life are often the most difficult. When we learn Greek, we will be able to read the New Testament in it's original language. I pulled down the Greek New Testament (it was very dusty)and showed it to the kids. That was last week.

Yesterday, the kids were able to read their first Greek word: logos. John 1:1. "In the beginning was the 'logos'", the Word. Every little bit of progress is motivation to keep going. It's hard, but it's worth it.