My daughter Abby is excited about our annual church Christmas party tomorrow night (Saturday night). She's been waiting for it all week. This morning she asked me an interesting question. She asked, "Can we just have church too, since we will all be together at church?" I quickly recognized what she was getting at... what difference does the day make, as long as the "church-family" is together and worships together? I then explained to her that Sunday was a special day, and that God wants us to worship Him in a special way on Sunday. But we always worship God everyday... but on Sundays, it's special. She then nodded and said, "Oh... okay." And then she ran off to breakfast.
I feel like this is the beginning of many more questions regarding her faith... and I am excited to have many, many more of those kinds of talks with her and to help her navigate and embrace her faith in Jesus.
The sense of stewardship is renewed within me... God has entrusted His children to me... not only to take care of them physically and emotionally, but also to nurture them spiritually and to raise them up in the fear of the Lord. God, give me the wisdom and the discipline to never neglect ministering to my children in the name of ministering to everyone else.
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