An Exciting Day (example parenting, joy)
“I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the Lord.”
(Psalm 122:1 KJV)
I have heard several testimonies from people about how their mother made them go
to church when they were children. Most of the people said that they were glad
that they had to go to church when they were children. Three people said that
they were not glad that they were made to go to church because as soon as they
got home from church their parents starting yelling at one another and at them.
These three people told me that they had to listen to their parents criticizing
the pastor and the sermon every time they came home from church. It is no wonder
at all that children don’t want to go to church if they don’t see Jesus in their
parent’s actions and hear Jesus in their parent’s words when they come home from
church. We, as parents, must make going to church an exciting day for our
children!
If our children see the eagerness and the excitement that we have, they will
want to go to church also. We should not use going to church as a form of
punishment. In fact, we should do just the opposite and tell our children that
it is a privilege given to us by God to go worship Him in His house. Are you
making it an exciting day for your children when you go to church?
Are you complaining about having to get up so early to go to church? What a sad
commentary it is on those of us who claim to be Christians (cleansed by the
precious atoning blood of Jesus) that we don’t have any problems getting up
early to go on vacation but we are reluctant to get up early to go to church.
May God have mercy on us!
Joanne Lowe
September 9, 2008
joannelowe8@cox.net
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