I used to joke about a “blood relative” rule when it came to taking an interest in the lives of children who weren’t mine, and although it was largely driven by fear of incompetence with respect to kid’s ministry, I now think the joke was unchristian and indeed unmanly.
The last verses of the Old Testament look forward to a time when ‘Elijah’ would turn ‘the hearts of the fathers to their children’ (Malachi 4:6).
The God fearing father in Israel was concerned for more than himself and his time. He knew the importance of passing on the ‘decrees’ of God and the story of Israel, so that the nation might ‘always prosper and be kept alive’ (Deuteronomy 6:24). Personally he looked forward to the blessing of seeing his children’s children (Psalm 128).
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The School Holidays and other things have meant that the “How Children Bless” series has lost some of its steam. Rather than try to resurrect it in some kind of token way, I’m going to call it to close and move on.
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Trevor Cairney has written an excellent post extending our thinking about how we might consider the children of others as neighbours. It prompted me to think a little more about the relationship between children, parents and the community (whether it be the whole community or the Christian community).
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A good friend commented the other day that he liked what we had been posting, but he felt he needed a challenge. Well I certainly hope to provide him plenty of challenges in the coming months. In this series the challenge is to believe, see, feel and then act on the truth that children are a blessing.
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Children love fun, are fun and make you have fun. And just occasionally a picture says more than words.
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