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At five years old, the adults around him have been reading to him since he was born, even if he could not understand all the words. When he and or his sisters come to my house, they immediately go to the "book box", pull out books and want my wife and I to read to them. My son and his wife are pretty smart.... to teach their children the desire to read and the love of books.
On with the story- On an expressway to the book store, we had the following conversation:
Grandson- All the colorful leaves are really pretty.
Me, Papaw- Yes, they are! Son, Who do you think made the leaves so many different colors?
I don't know Papaw.
God made the leaves so many different pretty colors!
Hmmm, ..... God does not do very much, does He?
Well son, Who do you think makes the grass green?
Hmmmm, I don't know.
God does! who do you think makes the tree grow?
Hmmmm, not sure?
God does! who do you think makes your daddy's garden grow.?
Not sure!
God does! who do you think makes your body grow?
Hmmmm, Hmmmm, Well God makes every thing else grow, so I guess God does!
After providing encouragement for his answer, I asked him two more questions in the same thought, and on each question, he correctly answered, "God does!"
Then, I could see him pondering as we rode along to the book store, then he turned to me and said,
Papaw, ....... God is a Genius!
Sometimes.... no, most of the time, perhaps all of the time, when we think about God and what He does for us, we too need to realize what a Genius he really is.
In our daily lives we have opportunities to witness in many different ways to many people. Far too often, we do not take the time to do so. I could have talked to my grandson for an hour about the Genius of God and not be as effective as our two minute conversation where he determined the Genius of God. In recent months I have prayed about how to talk to my grandson about God.
God provides us answers in His time and in His Way. We just have to act on it, especially when we feel the power of the Holy Spirit nudging us in evangelism and teaching others His teachings. When we are encouraging others to live His way, then we are doing God's work.
I encourage you, do not miss opportunities to show God's Greatness to people around you. Especially for young children in your life, read to them; most importantly, read the stories of God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit to them.
Pray, Study God's Word, and ask for God's Wisdom, and the wisdom of a child to come into your heart and life.
Thanks be to God... and
especially for the Lessons and Wisdom of children.
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CHILDREN OFTEN SAY INTERESTING THINGS and sometimes PROFOUND, but what is amazing the interesting Truth of God in their own unique way. For more my gransons's observations click the link. Please share the message on your Fb page as you like, and if you like, click the FB 'Follow' button to have notifications of these publications. For other messages like this, visit my FB page, or on FB visit-"A Daily Thought Group".
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