Böcker av Thomas Skaria

Education is not the learning of facts but the training of minds to pick skills needed to do life. The wisdom literature (Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Job, etc.) is intended to impart skills necessary for life ranging from moral issues such as the meaning of life, romantic love, work, and suffering to family life, community life, finances etc. Interestingly, Proverbs has a lifelong development orientation in making the naive acquire wisdom, making them wiser. However, against the commonly held norm that the school imparts education and wisdom, the family is the core institution of the Christian education process. The overall responsibility of the paideia - the discipline and instruction - of the children is given to the parents, especially the fathers (Eph 6:1-4; Col 3:18-21). Thus, this devotional is to help the father and the mother to impart Godly wisdom to their children through the book of Proverbs. Your investment of time will change the destiny of your children - of whom you are simply stewards. May you be blessed as you bond with your child and encourage them to walk on the straight path in the reverence of our Lord. Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. (Prov 22:6)

We are thrust into a world of comparisons and competition from the time we are born. We are judged based on the colour of our skin, size & shape of our nose, eyes and other body parameters. As we grow older, our value as a person is not only assessed by our parents but also by those around us in the community. Besides, attractiveness and intelligence play a significant role in finding a place for ourselves in society. These factors lead to low self-esteem, which hinders people from achieving their full potential. In the book, Thomas Skaria explores several crucial questions, including what self-esteem is, sources of low self-esteem, signs and impact, and how to find a true basis for self-esteem.