Beliefs

The gullible believe anything they’re told;
the prudent sift and weigh every word.
Proverbs 14:15

I believe this is the most important week we have read in the devotional. The quote is so true that beliefs are the foundation for your life. What you believe shapes who you are and how people see you. They are the difference between Heaven and Hell, for you and your family. No pressure, right? Exactly! I am finally beginning to learn that the future of my friends and family does not depend on me and my beliefs. Thank goodness! I am not good at explaining God’s plan for our lives or how to accept Him as your Savior. I am a sinful human, but I have the Holy Spirit in me to guide my words to my brothers, guide my actions in front of Parker, and help me to be an example to each person I come into contact with.

We are in charge of no one’s eternity but our own. But as the passage tells us, we can certainly help our kids understand our beliefs and teach them to listen for God’s voice. Even as small as Parker is (he just turned 17 months) we read Bible stories, pray together, and talk about Jesus all the time. I am helping build his foundation. I am a Christian today because my Big Mama always made sure I was at Vacation Bible School and set a good example for me.

I am currently in a Bible study that is reading the book Shepherding a Child’s Heart by Tedd Tripp. The first few chapters went slow, but I am beginning to learn a lot about how to raise Parker with Biblical goals in mind. They talk about how the goal should not be for your child to be saved, but to teach your child the ways of God. This will shape their attitudes, their responses to tough situations, their important decisions, everything.

So start teaching your child about Jesus, google the words to those old songs you sang as a kid, and let your child know that there is only one person who loves him more than you do…God.