Psalm 22:30-31
30 Posterity will serve
him;
future generations will be told about the Lord. 31 They will proclaim his righteousness,
declaring to a people yet unborn:
He has done it!
future generations will be told about the Lord. 31 They will proclaim his righteousness,
declaring to a people yet unborn:
He has done it!
Every year at Easter Janie’s mother made
a ham for dinner. Every year Janie watched her lop off both ends of the ham
before putting it in the pan to roast.
When she became a wife and mother, Janie
too, made ham for Easter dinner. One year as her daughter watched her making
the Easter feast, Janie chopped off both ends of the ham and threw them away
before putting the ham in the roasting pan. Janie’s daughter asked her why she
did this. Janie replied, “Gee I don’t really know. It’s just something my
mother always did.”
Janie’s daughter was curious. So, when her grandmother came
to dinner that evening she asked, “Grandma, why have you always cut both ends
off of every ham you’ve ever baked?” Grandma chuckled and replied, “I always
had a pretty small roasting pan and none of the hams I ever bought would fit in it
if I didn’t chop off the ends”.
All those years of watching mom prepare
the ham had ingrained in Janie the idea that she had to cut off the ends of the
ham…even though she didn’t really know why.
Children learn from their parents. As
they grow they emulate what they see their parents doing. Whether it’s chopping
ham or reading the Bible; washing their hands before dinner or praying.
Teach them to worship the Lord! Teach
them to praise Him! Teach them to live in His Word! Teach them to love Him! Teach them to share His good news and the Glory of God!
Teach them to do all of these things by doing all of these things…
Teach them to do all of these things by doing all of these things…
Children are our mirrors. What are they
reflecting of you?
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