I was helping Hosanna get on one of her favorite websites a little while ago.
She's pretty savvy with a computer, but she was having some trouble & needed a little help.
I was watching her enter the web address & I noticed something: she would do the hunt-&-peck method on the keyboard (to be expected at 7 years old), & she would look up at the screen after every keystroke to make sure what she meant to type is what she saw on the screen.
As I sat there watching, I remembered back to my childhood... Back to my mom's IBM Selectric Typewriter (Yes, sports fans & fellow geeks: this was before the PC or the MAC!) & I remember teaching myself how to type using the same old hunt-&-peck method. I remembered doing the same verify-every-keystroke thing, looking over the little silver ball with all the characters on it & the little black ribbon (anybody remember those?) onto the paper to see if I was getting what I wanted on the page.
Then it hit me... We instinctively require feedback!
No matter how old (or young) & no matter what level of development, God has created us with an innate need to "check the compass" & make sure we're headed in the right direction. Throughout life, He constantly guides us with gentle nudges & little course-corrections that--for the most part--go completely unnoticed by us.
We truly are fearfully & wonderfully made!
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