The fearful question lurking in the heart of sincere Christians tonight is “Will our children have faith?”. As we enter this special season for Christians many contemporary parents think back to Christ-centered celebrations of their childhood and wonder if their own children will carry the faith forward. Some of us had godly grandparents who witnessed clearly to our parents who passed on to us their experiential faith.
Now, the dominant voice raised is one of materialism and worldly success that pushes the children away from a spiritual life focus. For pre-school children this should be a time of “experiencing” the faith of the parents not the Evening news showing drunken crowds celebrating “Fat Tuesday”. Early on we see Preschoolers imitate what they see their parents do in religious celebration. Regretfully, many adults never moved above that level; they still see no deeper meaning to Easter than they did as little children at a Egg Hunt. That’s why some adults get bored if there is too much focus on the spiritual. But the spiritual lesson of Easter gets lost. Who started the Easter Bunny anyway? Its time to begin to celebrate the Ressurection !
Ask yourself these questions:
(1) Do you read the Bible and pray with your children every day ?
(2) Do you live all week as you do on Sunday morning at 11 am?
(3) Is your child encouraged to ask questions about Christianity?
(4) Do you teach by example the discipline and sacrifice of your faith?
Lent is a good time to do this self-examination if you want your children to still have faith in Jesus when they are old. Proverbs 22:6 (NIV) says “Train a child in the way he should go and when he is old he will not turn from it.” Don’t let the future snatch away your child’s faith because you had such a weak grip on yours.
“God, it’s scary to remember that we are always one generation
from paganism. Helps us see the spiritual is the best gift . Amen”
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