If, Then.

If Ben and Doug decided to play outside, then they will play with cinder blocks.

If Ben and Doug play with cinder blocks, then they will leave one in the path.

If they leave one in the path, then Liz will stump her toe on it.

If Liz stumps her toe, then it will bleed.

If Liz's toe bleeds, then Beth will freak out.

If Beth freaks out, then she will faint.

If Beth faints, then Uncle Eric will panic.

If Uncle Eric panics, then he will call 911.

If Uncle Eric calls 911, then an ambulance will come.

If an ambulance comes, they will take Beth to the hospital.

If they take Beth to the hospital, then she will have to spend the night there.

Okay, I know not that realistic. :-)

But if you've ever done Geometry before you just might remember that this is called a direct proof. And, If Ben and Doug decided to play outside, then Beth will have to spend the night in the hospital; is called a theorem.

So your probably wondering what in the world has this got to do with anything. Well, calm down! And let me tell you. =D

The other night while we were doing our family worship, the part where we look up the verses that go with our catechism, one of the boys (I think it was Caleb) read these verses:

29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.

30 Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.

And then it hit me. "This is just what I've doing in geometry!"

If God predestinated a person, then he called them.

If God called them, then he also justified them.

If God justified them, then he also glorified them.

Just thought I'd let y'all know.

=)

Anna