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“You know, what goes around comes around,” I jokingly told
my daughter when she related a story about the exasperating behavior of one of
her boys.
Most of the time when we quote that adage, it carries a
negative connotation. Lately, however, I have experienced it in the positive
sense.
About a month ago, our daughter began worshiping with a different
church than the one she previously attended. She LOVES her new church home!
Every time I talk to her, she mentions something spiritually challenging she
heard in the sermon or at the fellowship group she is attending on Monday
evenings. Her boys eagerly attend both church and the youth program; THEY
remind HER of meetings and special events. She has questions and I hear the
excitement in her voice about what she is reading in her Bible. I am witnessing
not only my daughter walking with Jesus, but my grandsons as well! Those phone
calls warm my heart and renew my own enthusiasm for Jesus.
As Christian parents, we all pray that our children with one
day discover for themselves a relationship with Jesus. By word and example, we
do our best to instill a living faith in their souls and minds. Sometimes we
wonder about just how good a job we are doing in that department. And then we
get a phone call like the ones I have received lately, and our feet and hearts
start doing the happy dance.
My experience reminds me that even more than human adages, God’s
Word is true. Proverbs 22:6 says, “Train up a child in the way he should go, and
when he is old he will not depart from it.” Sounds a lot like, “What goes
around, comes around.”
And that isn’t always a bad thing.
Be
encouraged!
Pam
©2016 Pamela D. Williams
