“TMTama, PRAY for me as I take this IrJL exam. I’m scared.” “ Don’t be afraid, Honey. You’ve studied diligently. Go and take it in the confidence that God will bring to your remembrance those things you have studied.” “ That’s easier said than done,” Al thea mused. “ You don’t have to take exams any more.” “ Oh? What makes you conclude that?” “Well, you don’t go to school.” “ It is true I am not enrolled in classes. But I am rarely ‘free’ from taking some course either for credit or just to become a better teacher. In both cases exams are involved.” “ I never see you taking tests.” “ But I do. They are not written on paper but are often shown by the results effected in the lives of those I’ve taught. And, Althea, you will learn as you get older that life has a way of testing the worth and mettle of all people. Christians are tested, too. God permits this, not just to prove their love for Him, but He permits it both to strengthen us and make us realize how great is His love for us.” So we’ve been through it again. It’s funny, isn’t it, how tests keep crop ping up over and over again? This was Althea’s first experience at two-hour exams for each subject. Since Paul is a “ pro” on the subject, this being his junior year in high school, he felt it was his “ duty” to enlighten his kid sister who is merely a lowly “ soph.” Althea would have been happier without this enlighten ment. However, Paul learned that his sister is made of sterner stuff than to allow exams or a brother’s exag gerations to “ throw” her. Her report card sparkled like the stars with A ’s and B’s. Dear Father, may Althea, all the children as well as adult “ children” pass the tests of life “ bright, shining as the sun.” Help us to remember that Thou “ will not suffer (us) to be tempted above that (we) are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it”
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