Wednesday, August 12, 2015

Share with Our Children


Joel 1:1-3
English Standard Version (ESV)

1 The word of the Lord that came to Joel, the son of Pethuel:
Hear this, you elders;
    give ear, all inhabitants of the land!
Has such a thing happened in your days,
    or in the days of your fathers?
Tell your children of it,
    and let your children tell their children,
    and their children to another generation.

As I read these first few verses today, I was reminded of how we need to share the works of the Lord with our children.  The past few days I have been at my daughter’s house and my oldest granddaughter, who is five, wanted me to tell her Bible stories.  One evening I got my Bible out to tell her a story because I wanted to follow along in the Bible to tell her so I didn’t forget any of the details.   She just wanted me to close my Bible and tell her the story.  How often do we forget the stories that are so available to us in our Bible and we want to depend on it to get us through?  There may come a time that we do not have our Bibles readily available to us.  Do we know what is inside of them?  Can we tell the stories to our children and our children’s children.  We need to share the Word and we need to hold it close to our hearts and minds.

As you seek Him today, may you find the stories within the Bible are also in your heart and mind and may you share them with others.

Seeking Him with all my heart,

Sheila

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