From Treasuring God in Our Traditions, by Noel Piper...
The things we do regularly that help us in our deepest being to know and love and want God, the things that help our lives to be infiltrated with God - those things are tradition. And then if there are children in our lives, to pass these God-focused activities to the next generation - that's what tradition is for a Christian.Deuteronomy 4:9-10 is a good summary of what we've seen so far - our responsibility as adults to stay close to God, to remember his work in our lives, and to tell the children about it so that we and they will fear and honor the Lord. Moses said to the people:Only take care, and keep your soul diligently, lest you forget the things that your eyes have seen, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life. Make them known to your children and your children's children - how on the day that you stood before the LORD your God... the LORD said to me, "Gather the people to me, that I may let them hear my words, so that they may learn to fear me all the days that they live on the earth, and that they may teach their children so" (p. 25).
3 comments:
excellent, amy! sp excited you are continuing to read this book - it is so wonderful!
my fave quote in all the book is:
"helping our children to understand God as much as they are capable at whatever age they are is our primary goal."
kelly, i love that quote, too! that was the next one i was going to post!
hee hee - i guess i am like the preview of what's to come next in your blog. : )
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