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Learning life lessons vs. learning lessons from life - the difference between the two is really reflective of a proactive vs. reactive way of learning. All of us are probably interested in working on being a proactive learner - learning directly from God how life should be lived vs. learning from our own disobedience how life should not be lived. I hope we are all on the path of becoming proactive learners, but if you are like me, you are still making the mistakes that lead to the 'disobedience lessons'! Guide me down the road of your commandments; I love traveling this freeway! Give me a bent for your words of wisdom, and not for piling up loot. Divert my eyes from toys and trinkets, invigorate me on the pilgrim way. (Psalm 119: 35-37) The idea of learning in a proactive manner is sometimes quite foreign to us. Sometimes we cannot really "grasp" a concept until we have experienced it. The idea of learning how to face circumstances, responding in obedience when we ...