At the weekend, we were all in London, as Robert was preaching at a service there. Our journey brought us past Terminal 5, at Heathrow - its newest terminal building.
It was night time, and it was all lit up. It's a huge, glass building, and looks pretty awesome.
As we drove past, a little two-year old voice spoke up from the back, and said
"LOOK, Mum. That's AMAZIN'"
He was absolutely awed by this enormous, bright and shiny building.
You see, we live in a sleepy country village, and he doesn't see many building bigger than a manor house. Rarely, we go to the big towns, but shopping centres are not quite like Terminal 5!
His new word (I've never heard him say "amazing" before!), and the gasps, and tone of voice that went with it, made me smile.
Then it made me think.
It made me think about God.
We, as the parents, know how wonderful God is. We may have known Him, through our personal relationship with Jesus, for many years.
We know how wonderful, great, and amazing He is.
Sometimes, we can even lose the wonder, because we don't dwell upon that greatness as much as we ought to.
Our children, however, will not see how amazing God is, if we don't show Him to them.
If I keep Simeon at home, and never expose him to places like Terminal 5, he'll never have those amazing moments where he sees something new, and takes great joy in it.
Similarly, our children need us to tell them about our great God.
Of His love, grace, mercy, lovingkindness, and most importantly, His great salvation.
Look to God's Word, and see it for yourself.
We need to tell them, so that THEY can see the wonderful of it, and how truly amazing it is.
They won't know, if we don't expose them to the amazing truth of God's Word, and how they can know it for themselves.
As those bright lights shone out, on a dark night, making a building look spectacular, if we share God's Word and ways, with our children, the wonder of it will shine out, like a light in the darkness, into their hearts.
We need to keep the wonder in our own hearts, so we will share it with our children.
Remember His wonderful acts toward us.
Remember His incredible attributes.
Remember His greatness.
Expose your children to the wonderful knowledge of God, and His ways. Then, watch as they learn of His greatness, in a personal way, in amazement.
It was night time, and it was all lit up. It's a huge, glass building, and looks pretty awesome.
As we drove past, a little two-year old voice spoke up from the back, and said
"LOOK, Mum. That's AMAZIN'"
He was absolutely awed by this enormous, bright and shiny building.
You see, we live in a sleepy country village, and he doesn't see many building bigger than a manor house. Rarely, we go to the big towns, but shopping centres are not quite like Terminal 5!
His new word (I've never heard him say "amazing" before!), and the gasps, and tone of voice that went with it, made me smile.
Then it made me think.
It made me think about God.
We, as the parents, know how wonderful God is. We may have known Him, through our personal relationship with Jesus, for many years.
We know how wonderful, great, and amazing He is.
Sometimes, we can even lose the wonder, because we don't dwell upon that greatness as much as we ought to.
Our children, however, will not see how amazing God is, if we don't show Him to them.
If I keep Simeon at home, and never expose him to places like Terminal 5, he'll never have those amazing moments where he sees something new, and takes great joy in it.
Similarly, our children need us to tell them about our great God.
Of His love, grace, mercy, lovingkindness, and most importantly, His great salvation.
Look to God's Word, and see it for yourself.
"We will not hide them from their children, shewing to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done."
Psalm 78:4
We need to tell them, so that THEY can see the wonderful of it, and how truly amazing it is.
They won't know, if we don't expose them to the amazing truth of God's Word, and how they can know it for themselves.
As those bright lights shone out, on a dark night, making a building look spectacular, if we share God's Word and ways, with our children, the wonder of it will shine out, like a light in the darkness, into their hearts.
We need to keep the wonder in our own hearts, so we will share it with our children.
Remember His wonderful acts toward us.
Remember His incredible attributes.
Remember His greatness.
Expose your children to the wonderful knowledge of God, and His ways. Then, watch as they learn of His greatness, in a personal way, in amazement.
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