Sometimes curiosity gets a bad rap. Apparently, it killed the cat, or so they say..... It can get us into trouble, especially as children. How many times were we as children reminded to 'mind our own business' when we pried into our parents' world? How many times were we told not to worry about things we questioned about or cautioned against exploring parts of the world that are dangerous? Certainly, curiosity can lead to dark and dangerous places from which we need to adequately protect our children. But what is that seemingly insatiable need to explore and know more that is built into us and into each child? It is a gift from God that He created us with - a pre-existing condition that prepares us to fulfill His blessing and command: "Then God blessed them and said, "Be fruitful and multiply. Fill the earth and govern it..." " (Genesis 1:28a)
In an article she wrote for Chrisitan Parenting, Sharon Miller reminds us that our task "...is to raise children who want God. When our kids inherit a holy curiosity, they will never stop exploring their infinite Creator and never stop asking for more of him." It's why our Community Character traits begin with curiosity. It is that posture of excitement and desire for more that sets us up as people who seek God and to fill His creation. It is central to our task not only as guardians and rulers of creation, it is also central to our need to know God more and to connect with Him. In order to be a student, we need to be curious; and God, knowing that, built it right in!
In an article she wrote for Chrisitan Parenting, Sharon Miller reminds us that our task "...is to raise children who want God. When our kids inherit a holy curiosity, they will never stop exploring their infinite Creator and never stop asking for more of him." It's why our Community Character traits begin with curiosity. It is that posture of excitement and desire for more that sets us up as people who seek God and to fill His creation. It is central to our task not only as guardians and rulers of creation, it is also central to our need to know God more and to connect with Him. In order to be a student, we need to be curious; and God, knowing that, built it right in!
It also reminds us that we don't need to answer every question that our kids or students ask with a factual answer. Sometimes they need to wonder, to exercise their curiosity, to search for wonders in creation, to search for God. The next time your child asks 'Why?' (and perhaps it will be the 100th time that day!), thank God for planting curiosity in each of us, and pray that we as a school community can celebrate that need to know, desire to learn, and thirst for God in our students!
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