Anywho, I was reading my sweet cousin Katie's blog a moment ago and saw a quote posted on her sidebar. It was so encouraging to me as I have been reminding myself to remember my son's spiritual life. Ministering to a 13 month old takes a bit of creativity, but I have been praying that the Lord would help me be intentional with him.
Here is the quote from Katie's blog:
"Brothers and sisters, if you want your children to have a reason to sing on Sunday, you have to give them a great God. If you want them to have a reason not to sin on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday - you have to give them a great God . . . Because a shrunken God will have nothing to hold them when their friends are offering them the pleasures of sin for a season. We've got to give our children a great and glorious God. We've got to hold out for them the wonder of who God is.
The importance of all of this is that if our children are going to interpret life correctly, than they've got to understand who God is. You see, it's only the being and existence of God that will ever enable our children to interpret and understand life accurately.
If you are going to help your children to see those things, you've got to be a person that is dazzled by God yourself. You can't give away what you don't posses.
Oh, let me urge you as parents, don't polish the idols for your kids. . . Help your kids see the wonder of who the Lord is. "
Tedd Tripp
Giving Kids a Vision for God's Glory
Wow! Isn't that rich?
I want to show Sterling how great our God is and not just mention the Lord as an afterthought. I want to find ways to show him Christ and the great love of our Father throughout our everyday life. I want for my son to love the Lord with his whole heart and yearn for him to follow hard after Him. It is my privilege and honor as his parent to partner with the Lord and to provide an environment that glorifies Him above all others.
For all of you mommies out there, let's help one another be creative. What do you do to "help your kids see the wonder of who the Lord is?"
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Sweet Bethany~ thank you for mentioning this, as well as the little "shout out" :) I am so glad your heart found encouragement in Tripp's words as mine did. I posted them on the side bar so that I would be reminded so often...because, like you mentioned, I also pray for grace to keep our children's spiritual lives at the forefront of our minds. Thank you for the challenge to be intentional when it comes to teaching our children and communicating spiritual truths, even if it takes creativity. You and Alex are doing such a wonderful job with little Sterling and are such an encouragement to us, as well as other parents just starting out. Just watching you guys "parent" the brief time we were around you recently was impressive and challenging. Thank you for being faithful in this area.
I saw - I think in a comment on the Webb's blog a while back - that you guys recommend the Big Picture Story Bible. David had mentioned that Al Mohler recommended it too. Well, with the Vaughn's and Mohler recommendations, we had to get it! :) I was challenged to hear that you guys read to Sterling Bible stories each night. So great. I'm so thankful for John David's love for them right now and pray that that continues.
Wow, this is sooo long. I love you. Thank you again.
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