Learning Curve

I'm an accountant. And back in college, we studied about "the Learning Curve".
Last week, I was pondering about some things in life and I remembered about this "theory" and kind of associated it with things.

But what is this LEARNING CURVE?

A common learning curve shows that the cumulative average time to complete a manual task which involves learning will decrease 20% whenever volume doubles. This is referred to as an 80% learning curve.

Let's illustrate the 80% learning curve with a person learning to design and code websites of similar size and complexity. If the first website takes 100 hours, then after the second website the cumulative average time will be 80 hours (80% of 100 hours). The cumulative average of 80 hours consists of 100 hours for the first website plus only 60 hours for the second website resulting in a total of 160 hours divided by 2 websites. After the fourth website the cumulative average time will be 64 hours (80% of 80 hours). After the eighth website the cumulative average will be 51.2 hours (80% of 64 hours). In other words, the total time to have completed all eight websites will be 409.6 hours (8 websites times an average time of 51.2 hours).

- http://www.accountingcoach.com/blog/what-is-a-learning-curve



Well, basically, the idea is that it gets easier for man to do something as the task is repeated.
Okay maybe the "theory" of Learning Curve isn't as fitting to what I'm gonna say as I thought it would, [for those other CPAs out there may disagree to how i'll associate it..]

You can associate it with a lot of things actually.
But, I kind of associated it with SIN.


Can we remember back in the day when we were just so innocent?

Ezekiel 28
15 Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee.




There were times when we don't know about death, about sex, about lies, about jealousy, about stealing, about drinking, about smoking, etc, until we learned about them.

When we were kids, when we first lied to our parents, we were so guilty right?
Then we committed our second lie. Yeah, we're still guilty but not as like the first time.
Then our third lie, fourth, fifth, sixth...... 10,009th lie and we do it as easy as breathing.

"It's just a little white lie!"

Or when you started drinking alcoholic beverages.
You almost vomited your intestines out when you tasted it the first time and now, you can drink several bottles of liquor and still be able to stand straight.

Or when you first smoked.

Or when you first had pre-marital sex with your girlfriend/boyfriend.

Or when you first cheated during exams at school.

Or when you first started skipping church.

Or when you first neglected your bible reading.

Or when you first cursed.

Or when you first hit your wife.

Or when you first cheated on your spouse.

Or when you first started stealing.

I can go on and on.

My point is that we can live licentiously and get our hearts hardened by sin, grieve the Holy Spirit to the point that doing certain sins, can't convict us anymore.

I pray that it won't happen to us, may God forbid.

Galatians 5:16 This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.

1 John 1
6 If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:
7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.



Sin may promise us a lot of things, but it only brings pain, suffering, problems and death.


John 10:10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.

Let us ask the Lord Jesus to keep us from sin.
Amen.