Your Children’s Children

Happy is everyone who fears the LORD, who walks in his ways. You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands; you shall be happy, and it shall go well with you.

Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your house; your children will be like olive shoots around your table. Thus shall the man be blessed who fears the LORD.

The LORD bless you from Zion. May you see the prosperity of Jerusalem all the days of your life. May you see your children’s children. Peace be upon Israel.

Psalm 128:1-6

Think back to the time when your children were at home. Medical issues, finding the money to pay for it all, school meetings, grades, hormones, the first dates, college choices, getting married, having children. Children are never the same. Some make it easy on us, others represent a supreme challenge.

All teens need unconditional love because they live in a conditional world. A love of God’s Word is vital to successfully transferring faith from one generation to the next. Teens need to develop a relationship with Christ that is based not on rules, but on a deep love of Jesus. Has God placed any young people in your life? Whatever their age, love them unconditionally. Help them learn to love God’s Word. Show them how to have a deep love for Jesus. And hold on!

Don’t merely spend time with your children – invest it.

Our Daily Bread – June 23, 2008