At the chapel the first graders led at Ella's school today, the students recited Deuteronomy 6:6-9. "These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Write them on the door frames of your houses and on your gates." As I listened to my own child say these verses for memory, it really hit me how short I fall in this command as a parent. Some days are just so full of stuff on the daily to-do list that mealtime devotions are skipped so homework can get done and bedtime prayers are rushed so precious sleep is not missed.
It makes me feel grateful again for Christian education. What a relief that Dave and I are not the only ones responsible for impressing God's commands on our children! We get to sit with Delia's preschool teachers at a wedding and talk for hours about our faith, sharing God stories. We get invited to chapel to watch Ella's class, just young first graders, lead the school in worship through song, scripture and drama about God's Guidance. We get to hear the girls constantly singing the songs, like Ella's "Morning Prayer Song" or Delia's "The Lord is My Joy", that they're learning at school. What a blessing both of the girls' schools have been to our family in encouraging and deepening our children's knowledge, love and passion for Jesus!
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