Judging, Planting Seeds, and the Harvest

Judging, Planting Seeds, & the Harvest

                                       

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Proverbs 22:6 (KJV)

6Train up a child in the way he should go:         and when he is old , he will not depart from it.

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People who plant seed to raise flowers and vegetables know the importance of having and preparing good soil.  But, the important part is providing the proper nourishing conditions for and during growth.

I once ask a minister that I hardly knew that was the managing director of a youth church camp why my adult son was so faithful to his family, church, Jesus, and God.  Without hesitation and knowing nothing about me from our one conversation, he immediately said, "Your son saw you reading the Bible when he was a young boy and young teenager.  As I thought about it, he was right.  I taught Sunday School most every Sunday for 12 years, my son's first 12 years.  In those teen years too, he saw our daily and weekly Spiritual activities

The minister went on to say that one of the most important elements in raising a child is for the child to see the parents reading the Bible in their younger years.  It affects the children too seeing the parents reading the Bible in all their years.  What is important to the parents most often become important to the children eventually, some sooner, some later.

Parents never stop being parents and an influence on their children.

Training and Nourishing our Children

In preparing those Sunday School lessons, taking my son to church, him seeing me carry my Bible, singing the songs in church, listening to the preacher, and taking part in other ways of the church community was training and nourishing my son.

Oh, we read Bible stories to him often, but it was seeing his mother and I making Christ an everyday part of our lives that had that real influence.  We were not 1-Hour Per Week Christians,   He saw us most every week participate often during those weeks in our love of the Lord.  In making Christ important to our lives, in his life, Christ too, became important.

My son's mother and I did not see his self motivated Christ like activity until Anthony was on his own in college.  It was so exciting to see that he had taken Christ into his life.

We cannot judge our days by the harvests of our day, 
but judge the day 
  rather about the service we give 
       in the seeds we plant and
            the nourishment we give to that which we raise.


Thanks Be to God.
    and the Blessing of Godly Children

It is never to late to start planting seeds and 
          nourishing the plants.

(c) Lonnie Coggins

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Note-  Raising children is hard work.  The problem with Proverbs 22:6 is this.  Many parents get frustrated with their wayward children in the years between the training of the child and "when he is old".  That is the time we must Trust God and hope our training and nourishment kicks in before 'society's norms' overwhelm them.  In those between years and in all our days, we just have to keep setting the example and live our absolute best in Christ.

TB2G

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