When I
mentioned to somebody about having Bible time with my baby girl they kind of
laughed and said, “Who has time for that with a baby?” Yeah who am I kidding…
when do I have time? The response I have come up with for myself is this… How
can I not have time? Can I really go through life and be too busy to sit down
and get in the word with my child? If I’m too busy now am I really going to
have time as she gets older? I don’t want this to just be a phase. I don’t want
it to only be something we do for a little while. I want to make the time as my
child gets older, starts to understand. I want to be there when she has
questions, heartaches, joys and struggles. I don’t want to be the mom who was
too busy with work, dishes, housework, TV shows, washing laundry, friends,
lists, shopping, whatever the case may be. I will have that to do the rest of
my life. I only have a small window of time to lead my girl in truth and
righteousness. There will be cleaning and housework to do until the day I die…
but the light of Jesus that I invest in my child is something that will change
lives. I already anticipate the day that she will see her sin for what it is,
see Jesus for what He has done for her and ask him to be her Lord and Savior.
Is this post
about somebody else? No. It’s only about me. Because sometimes I get so busy
and caught up in my life and busyness that I am tempted to think that Bible
time with my baby girl doesn’t matter all that much because after all she
doesn’t understand. But I think Jesus has a soft spot for children. I think that
Jesus would want little, itty bitty children to hear the stories of him and to
be raised to know him. I realize every day how incredibly important and crucial
my job as a mom is. If I do nothing else in life but lead my child towards
Christ raising her with morals, values and knowing the great love of Jesus, I
have lived a life well lived.
So, parents
out there… I challenge you. No matter the age of your child, dig into the word
with them, read Bible stories, pray with them. Lead them. And perhaps even more
importantly is to find time to spend time with God yourself. Because that time with
just you and God is what will help make you a good leader and good example to
them. Children watch what we do with our lives, what we read, what we say, what
we watch, what we do, even when we think they don’t see or aren’t paying
attention. Raising our children to walk in the light of Christ, turning away
from the darkness of worldly desires and attractions will be the single most
important job we will have in life. We will never be perfect, but we can give
it our all. Be encouraged and go raise Christ Followers.
~KrissElise
Tiny little feet that will someday follow in my footsteps. |