Noel Piper's "Treasuring God in Our Traditions" (thanks for supplying the book, Ed & Stacy) is awesome. I thought the excerpt below was worth sharing. Although it is set in the context of parenthood, it really extends beyond parenthood into all parts of our lives as Christians."In order to 'teach [God's words] to your children, talking of them when you are sitting in your house, and when you are walking by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise' (Deut. 11:19), you have to be planning--planning what to say when and where, how and when to say it. For me, NOT planning means my children receive a burst of God-talk every day or two. Then when that particular gush of affection dies down, we're back to just taking God for granted, rather than talking about Him and recognizing Him in all the parts of our day. That's not what I want to teach my children--that God is experienced in a random pattern of a few days of enthusiasm followed by days of silence. One of the things Deut. 11:19 makes clear is that God doesn't like being taken for granted. Rather, He wants to be talked about a lot.
All of us are training our children both intentionally and unintentionally. We need to make sure we aren't leaving the important things to happenstance. We know it's crucial that they become familiar with God, our Heirloom and our only hope for real life. We yearn for them to love and trust and follow Christ. It would be foolish just to wait for them to learn that by chance. We must plan to reflect God and teach about Christ in the repeated events of our lives."
3 comments:
Must admit, I was a little alarmed when I read the title - ha! Sounds like a good book for parents and all! So you are officially a blogger now! Congrats!
Ha ha yeah I thought it would catch attention!
Love the title. I agree, it is important to have a plan and not just willy nilly talk about God whenever we remember to. Nice blog!
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