I’ve been in school most of my life. Even between the time I finished graduate school and came to seminary, I was a teacher, and so I was still in school, I was just on the other side of the desk. And one thing I learned about myself in all those years of education was that I am a visual learner. Now, I’d like to think that when somebody explains something to me that I can understand it OK. But often times I don’t really have a proper grasp on something unless I can see it. If someone is trying to teach me to do something, I usually ask them to do it first while I watch, and then to watch me while I try it.
I don’t think that principle has been any more obvious to me than when I’ve had to assemble furniture, like a desk or a bookcase. I open the box, lay out all the materials on the floor, take out the instructions, and I read this: “Connect three Shelves and Bottom Panel to the Left Side Panel by aligning the pre-drilled holes on the cleats of the Shelves and Bottom Panel to those of the Left Side Panel. Secure by inserting an Allen Bolt through a Spring Washer and a Flat Washer through the pre-drilled holes on the cleats of the Shelves and Bottom Panel and into the pre-drilled holes of the Left Side Panel using the Allen Key.”
And on the brink of despair, just as I’m about to decide that we don’t really need a new bookcase, and that we can just pile our books up on the floor, I read three blessed words: “See Figure One.” And there’s hope! I can see a step-by-step, graphical representation of what it is...
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Mike Riccardi serves as the Pastor of Local Outreach Ministries at Grace Community Church, which includes overseeing Fundamentals of the Faith classes, eight foreign language outreach Bible studies, and evangelism in nearby jails, rehab centers, and in the local neighborhood....