Through our Children’s Eyes!

I pulled our rocking chair out of the living room onto our front veranda and grabbed a hot cup of tea and my husbands “Dad’s Bible”.


I opened it up and read Psalm chapter 25. When I was finished reading the chapter I decided to read the devotional under it.


I will quote some of it here…

Some Sunday morning take a look at the dads in your congregation. How engaged are they in the service? Do they look like they’re enthralled with God’s holy presence? Then, the next time you’re at a big ball game, look around at the dads in the stands. How engaged are these men in what’s going on?

Maybe the above comparison isn’t fair. But the point is well taken. Our children are watching what we do. If our kids observe us counting down our favorite baseball team’s “magic number” from July, they’ll begin to believe that sports are worth serious attention. If we get fired up reading about the stock market over breakfast, they’ll get the idea that stocks are worth being interested in. And if they see us sleepily checking our watches or mumbling our way through the hymns during a church service, they’ll decide that knowing God is about as exciting as watching a passing freight train……

Quote from Dad’s Bible, The Father’s Plan, Notes by Robert Wolgemuth. copyright 2007 by Robert D. Wolgemuth Published in Nashville, Tennessee, by Thomas Nelson, Inc. (NCV)

Made me think! What do my children see me doing? Do they see me being kind to others? Volunteering? reading my bible? playing? having fun with my husband…their daddy? 


I am so glad I read that passage today, so glad I took time to reflect!