Impress Them On Your Children

Deuteronomy 6:4-7 states, "Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up."

It is so important that we teach our children about the Father. And sometimes our kids say things that make us realize we need to do a better job! Today Mason noticed that the sun was shining in Max's eyes as we were driving in the van. He adjusted the sunshade and said, "We don't want Max to go blind like the blind man that Jesus helped." I asked Mason to tell me how Jesus helped him. Mason said, "Jesus spit gum in his eyes." What! Gum? Did they even have gum then? Wait - there's a more pressing issue. I corrected the story and reminded Mason that it was dirt that Jesus spit into and mud that he applied to the man's eyes. Mason seemed to remember that being correct. And I will remember to continue impressing the Lord's commandments on my children.