Self-Correction

My cousin Diana, who is a fourth grade teacher in California, told me about students asking questions which were so lacking in thought they didn’t even deserve a response. In such instances Diana gives her student a glance, but then returns to her work without answering the question. The student, thinking he hasn’t been heard, persists and Diana simply says, “Yes Johnny, I heard you. I’m just giving you an opportunity to self-correct.”  I can just envision the Lord dealing with believers in a similar fashion as he gives us time to come to the right conclusions. “The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance (2 Peter 3:9 NIV).”