This week, my students are learning about decimals. We’ve been playing around with the idea of a
number’s value, depending its position.
If a five is in the tenths place, it’s worth five tenths (or one half, for you Math wizards). Move it to the tens place, and now that little five is worth fifty.
My fourth graders and I have a little action we do when an amazingly
mind-blowing bit of learning sinks in.
We put our hands on our heads and make an explosion noise, blowing our
hands off in the blast. This morning,
there were many minds blown when I showed how you can add as many zeroes as you
want to the right of a decimal and its value will remain the same.
If you have accepted Jesus Christ as your Savior, your
position is in Christ. You cannot be
moved from the security of His death’s work on your behalf. You are a co-heir with Christ, a daughter or
son of Father God, clean, free, forgiven, alive. Anyone can try to demean your value. They can add metaphorical zeroes until the
end of time and it will have no effect on who you are in Christ.
Tonight, a lot of old lies have run rampant in my head. It’s midnight and instead of going to sleep
feeling hopeless, I’m listening to worship music and remembering where I
stand. I’m in Christ. Blissfully and peacefully immovable. Amen to that.
