One day at work, a colleague who was a single mom told me that she had gotten her children through school by relying on this one Bible verse: “And all thy children shall be taught of the Lord; and great shall be the peace of thy children” (Isaiah 54:13). This made such an impression on me that I never forgot it.
Many years later, my wife was teaching at a private school. A benefit for qualifying teachers there was that their child was welcome to attend without charge. This applied to my family.
Soon, my wife and another teacher each had additional children. But when they prepared to enroll these other children, expecting them to also have free tuition, some members of the school board raised questions. When this benefit had first been instituted, siblings of the first child had not been taken into consideration. A clash of opinions ensued, and it threatened to divide the school staff.
