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Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2015 10:20 am Post subject: Our Children And God: |
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Hear, O Israel! The LORD is our God, the LORD alone! Therefore, you shall love the LORD, your God, with your whole heart, and with your whole being, and with your whole strength. Take to heart these words which I command you today. Keep repeating them to your children. Recite them when you are at home and when you are away, when you lie down and when you get up. Bind them on your arm as a sign and let them be as a pendant on your forehead. Write them on the doorposts of your houses and on your gates. ( Deuteronomy 6:4-9)
We might ask, why would anyone deprive their children of the knowledge of God and the love He has for us? Some righteously pronounce that they do not wish to impose a belief in God upon their children, that children should have the freedom to decide their beliefs when they come of age. The question, though, is how can a child decide their relationship with Him if they do not know Him?
We are told of the woe which will come to those who cause our little ones to sin (Matthew 18:6). We might ask, is it not the same to neglect educating our children as it is to mislead them? Does not the omission of informing a blind man that a pit is before them result in the same consequence as pushing them into the pit? Are we, therefore, just as complicit to the consequence when we remain silent or fail to block the path to the pit?
We should rejoice in the love God has for our children as well as the same love He has for us. We do not need to impose God upon anyone, but we should expose them to His Word and His blessings. Let us take joy, then, in bringing our children to God, for as they explore Him, they will discover the blessings of His love.
Blessed are the children who are brought to His embrace, for He delights in their innocence and their love.
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