Yesterday my son and I had a discussion. It was a discussion that made me see that he has grown up. You see, I still see those missing two front teeth, that innocence of a child...my baby. Feeling nostalgic, I found a journal where I had jotted several stories of my son. The following was dated May 4, 1997.
I picked Matthew up after work. He had a used roll of toilet paper with black construction paper glued at one end. It had pin-holes on it so that when you held it to the light, the holes appeared as stars on a dark night. Feeling proud of his project, I praised him for a job well done. "Matthew" I said, "These are beautiful stars...did you make the stars?" "No mommy" he replies "God made the stars"
[His lesson had been on God making the stars]
Yesterday, I longed for that innocence as my son told me that a young man expressed that there was no truth in the Bible. My son took his position and explained that the Bible is the living Word of God but the boy stood firm. A young lady that heard the conversation chimed in and said "Of course the Bible is true..there are some parts I believe and some parts I don't believe."
As parents, we are charged with talking to our kids about God's Word and His commands [Deuteronomy 6:6]. My son seemed bothered about the entire situation and I later discovered that this young man lives very near to where we live. I immediately thought of a booklet I was given at church called "Love your Neighbor" and I decided I would add this young man's name to my book, a project our church has challenged us in.
As my son retreated to his room, I was already in my Bible but my eyes went to Romans 1:25. As my son was getting ready for school, I wrote the verse on an index card and left it on his dresser then I shared it with him. As he was preparing to walk down the stairs to leave for school, he said "I love you mom...what was that verse again?" I replied that I had written it down and it was on his dresser. "Put it in your backpack" I told him as he left.
Those are our children. Those that will be leaving our "nest" much too soon. Those that were under our wing and followed our words and were taught the Word of God. They are now preparing to fight their own battles, take their own stand, and meet the world. He has to know that there will be those who believe different, but we are children of the most High God regardless of what others may believe.
They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator-who is forever praised.
Romans 1:25
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