I just watched a cute video of a man teaching a puppy how to safely go down stairs. As I watched that video (and most other instances of teaching animals or children), I thought about how God teaches us. He is patient with us. He explains things to us. He had His Son demonstrate things for us. And while we still have a long way to go, He is encouraging about the progress we're making.
We all have a long way to go before we become anything like God. God is far more powerful and capable than us, just as a typical human is far more capable than a puppy who can't even go down stairs yet. But just as a puppy can learn how to traverse the stairs, we too can learn how to do the things that God can do, like exercise such great patience and wisdom as He teaches us how to become more like Him.
God is the Great Teacher, and I'm so grateful to have so many good teachers around to give me a glimpse of what God may be like. It's difficult to imagine what a perfect teacher or parent might be like, but having such good parents and teachers around to serve as examples makes it a little easier. It takes a lot of patience and humility to come down to a puppy's level to show the puppy, by example, how to crawl down stairs. If an imperfect human can manage to be that patient when teaching, I can only imagine how patient God must be when it comes to teaching us.
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