Informal Education

Informal Education
Author: Sharon Verrett

There are several avenues of learning, one being informal education. Is it less valid because it is informal? Certainly not. Some of the best lessons that are ever taught are done in informal settings, settings outside of the classroom.

The best thing about informal teaching, for me is... it's free and often intimate! No monetary offerings needed, but we must know how to pick and choose, because everything that is free is not always good.

When we receive that informal education it helps us to develop our common sense. My mom always said, "There is no sense like common sense."

Informal education can be very, very helpful in our marriages. When we see a great successful marriage, we should pick the couple's brain to learn tools of what works and what usually doesn't. That is an opportunity for a free, informal, valuable lesson.

It is often the informal education that teaches us to identify and not to fall into things that are contradictory to our marriages. One of my favorite scriptures is 1 Corinthian 10:13. It tells us how God provides us with an opportunity to escape any temptation that is placed before us.

When we run into temptations that are wrong, we must use that door (taught in 1Corinthians 10:13) to escape. Read More...