“Start children off on the way they should go, and even when
they are old they will not turn from it.” Proverbs 22:6
There’s always so much you want to be able to teach your
child. I wonder a lot if my teaching Is effective or if they will really
remember all I say. Not only in the classroom education part of it, but in the
person side of it. For them to be loving, caring, forgiven, to know truth, to
stand for truth, etc. And then there are
those moments, where we learn something from our kids. And we are reassured
that they are learning and my prayers for them to be able to stand up for their
beliefs is working.
Emmanuel, my oldest who is 6 is a little clown. He loves to
talk and sing and is very outspoken. He
has always been one that I can have conversations with since he was 2. Quick to
talk, quick to learn and way advanced for his years. In the past month, my
husband and I have also had the privilege to be his teachers at church and go
in further detail in his learning about Jesus. We have been talking about being
disciples and fishers of men.
Yesterday he came home and what he told me blew me away. He
said they were learning in science, that scientists believe then end of the
world or planet earth as we know it will come when the sun burns up the earth.
He said this left his friend Alan very disturbed.
They went out to the playground and Emmanuel told him that
what the scientists said simply was not true. He told him about Jesus and his plan to save mankind. He said he told
him Jesus loved us too much to just let the Earth burn and have everyone die.
He told him he didn’t have to worry and he could too be in peace and be saved
if only he said a prayer to accept Jesus. He told him the Creator of the
universe, had a bigger plan for his life. And there at school, my 6 year old
led Alan into prayer at his playground to accept Jesus into his heart. He told
him he could tell his parents all about him and go to church if he wanted to.
There he was unashamed, unafraid, ready to share the gospel openly and pray in
a public space. Wow, I was mind blown. Speechless. My heart was touched and my
soul rejoiced.
My son told me Alan was his best friend and he loved him too
much to have him live a life without knowing Jesus and to be scared of dying.
Loving, sharing the gospel, and willing to pray. He showed me how simple
straightforward we should be to share the gospel because of the love we have
for others. As an adult, I over think things. I let the what ifs, the maybe
they’ll get offended, maybe they’ll reject it excuses keep me from sharing the
gospel. Its so easy for me to share things in writing through this blog or
social media because I don’t have to be embarrassed if you reject it. Yet he taught
me in his actions what It means to truly be unashamed of the gospel.
I pray we can be more like children acting out of love
without placing limits on our actions because of “political correctness”. I
pray we are motivated by love so much that our feelings or fear don’t hold us
back from sharing the greatest love of all. I pray that Emmanuel will continue
to be bold and unashamed!
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