Dear Brotheren:

Thank you for the sharing.  The painting are eye-opening.  They are astonishingly good.

I happened to coming across similar questions, as my son is now at this stage, as posted in the ppt.

There could be many answers to the questions:

A Bad Answer - Son, you are not doing as good. You are not making as much efforts as your classmates.  You should try harder.

A Good Answer - Son, you are good.  And I can see you are making progress.   And I appreciate it.  No matter how good and bad your academic results, as long as                                       you made your best efforts, you are my good son.

A Wise Answer -    Son, you are most talented. For someone talented as you are, it will take you many practices to start,

                                but once started, you will fly long and afar than others. 

                                Focus on what are important to you in your life.  Make every efforts toward them.

My Answer -

Son, enjoy your seemingly weakness relative to others.  In God, your weaknesses are lessons that God wants you to learn in your younger days so that you will be strong in the eyes of God.  God created people with different gifts.  Some are good at academics, some are good at arts.  Some care about others, and some need care from others.  Find out what the gifts God has given you, and unwrap them with delight and surprises, as if you are unwrapping the Christian presents under the Christmas trees..  This will be the most enjoyable parts of your life.  Every seemingly weakness is a gift of God.  So enjoy your weakness.  Unwrap your gifts from God.

Son, there are some more fundamental meanings for your weaknesses too.   The purpose of your life is not to seek wisdom, God created you and me with a purpose. The value of our life is not from our achievements, wisdom, wealth, and family as seen from the viewpoints of others.  In God's eyes, you are as good as anyone, as long as you walk in the wishes and purposes of God who created you.  Fear God.  Live and walk with God.  And He will care about you throughout your life.

Son, never forget that man is created from ashes from the ground, and will return into ashes to the ground.  The passage you and I are going to create in this life journey ultimately is to glorify God. 

Therefore, there is one most important thing I want you to learn in your younger days.  This is far more important to your academics in school.  And that is:

LEARN TO FEAR GOD.  TRUST HIM.  DEPEND ON HIM.  IN GOOD TIMES AND BAD TIMES.  IN STRENGTHS AND IN WEAKNESSES.  IN DANGER AND IN SAFETY.  IN SICKNESS AND IN HEALTH.  IN EVERYTHING YOU DO.  For In God, He will make your weaknesses strengths, and He will penalize your pride, when you are relying on your own wisdom but not His words in life.

Read proverb:

Pro 2:2   側耳聽智慧，專心求聰明，

Pro 2:3   呼求明哲，揚聲求聰明，

Pro 2:4   尋找他，如尋找銀子，搜求他，如搜求隱藏的珍寶，

Pro 2:5   你就明白敬畏耶和華，得以認識神。

Pro 2:6   因為，耶和華賜人智慧；知識和聰明都由他口而出。

Pro 2:7   他給正直人存留真智慧，給行為純正的人作盾牌，

Pro 2:8   為要保守公平人的路，護庇虔敬人的道。

Pro 2:9   你也必明白仁義、公平、正直、一切的善道。

Pro 2:10   智慧必入你心；你的靈要以知識為美。

Pro 2:11   謀略必護衛你；聰明必保守你，

Pro 2:12   要救你脫離惡道（或作：惡人的道），脫離說乖謬話的人。

Read Ecclesiastes

Ecc 11:2   你要分給七人，或分給八人，因為你不知道將來有什麼災禍臨到地上。

Ecc 11:3   雲若滿了雨，就必傾倒在地上。樹若向南倒，或向北倒，樹倒在何處，就存在何處。

Ecc 11:4   看風的，必不撒種；望雲的，必不收割。

Ecc 11:5   風從何道來，骨頭在懷孕婦人的胎中如何長成，你尚且不得知道；這樣，行萬事之神的作為，你更不得知道。

Ecc 11:6   早晨要撒你的種，晚上也不要歇你的手，因為你不知道哪一樣發旺；或是早撒的，或是晚撒的，或是兩樣都好。

Ecc 11:7   光本是佳美的，眼見日光也是可悅的。

Ecc 11:8   人活多年，就當快樂多年；然而也當想到黑暗的日子。因為這日子必多，所要來的都是虛空。

Ecc 11:9   少年人哪，你在幼年時當快樂。在幼年的日子，使你的心歡暢，行你心所願行的，看你眼所愛看的；卻要知道，為這一切的事，神必審問你。

Ecc 11:10   所以，你當從心中除掉愁煩，從肉體克去邪惡；因為一生的開端和幼年之時，都是虛空的。

Ecc 12:12   我兒，還有一層，你當受勸戒：著書多，沒有窮盡；讀書多，身體疲倦。

Ecc 12:13   這些事都已聽見了，總意就是：敬畏神，謹守他的誡命，這是人所當盡的本分（或作：這是眾人的本分）。

Ecc 12:14   因為人所做的事，連一切隱藏的事，無論是善是惡，神都必審問。

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