JANUARY 26-FEBRUARY 1: TEACH OUR CHILDREN
Come Follow Me: Teach These Things Freely unto Your Children” Genesis 5; Moses 6
What do you want your children to know? Here’s part of my list: I want them first to Love. To See Truth. To Believe. To Hope. To have Compassion. To Forgive.
How do we teach our children these things? First we must show through our example. If our example is contrary to our words, a different lesson will be learned.
I imagine Eve and Adam were very much like I was as a new parent - making it up as I went. I’d been blessed by being taught by goodly parents, and they continued with me as support. I believe Heavenly Father was no less of a parent to his first earthly children.
Yet, as parents we can’t help but look back and wonder on the legacy we leave within our children. ‘We are just human, to error prone.’
Children of Eden - Emily Clare
Adam and Eve had many children. They began to populate the earth. Unfortunately they weren’t the only teachers on the planet, as that old serpent still slithered around.
Moses 6:15 And the children of men were numerous upon all the face of the land. And in those days Satan had great dominion among men, and raged in their hearts; and from thenceforth came wars and bloodshed; and a man’s hand was against his own brother, in administering death, because of secret works, seeking for power.
This hurts my heart. Yet alongside so much beauty and love, this is the world we live in. What we focus on is what we will see.
Teach Your Children - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Unfortunately, we can’t help but make mistakes, and we may feel imprisoned by them, literal or figurative. Believe in the glimmer of hope offered as we repair and come back from mistakes.
John Hilton III teaches: ‘You are never too lost to be found.’ We are all still children here. Christ knows where you are. Call His name and he’ll be at your side, tenderly guiding you home.
Jesus ‘Bout My Kids - Luke Bryan
Let us find joy in our parenting. Our children are precious. We must be precious too to be entrusted with them.
Teach them to love as you love them, as you show love for others and this crazy world we are apart of, and as you love our divine parents.
Teach Me to Walk/Mother Tell Me a Story - Monica Scott
Teach me to walk IN THE LIGHT. In truth. In hope. Hand in hand with infinite love.