What Did My Children Learn From Me Today?

A Christian lady by the name of Julie Creasy, from Hendersonville, Tennessee, composed the following poem. Let’s allocate a few moments of time, focusing on what her poem is teaching us about our children as we daily relate to them:

“Did they learn how to stop and take time to pray,
Or to eat on the run and hurry to play?
Did they learn to be patient, understanding and kind,
Or to jump to conclusions, pass judgment so blind.

Did they learn to tell friends of God’s love for all,
Or to pass on the rumor they heard in the hall?
Did they learn to trust God — their troubles to bear,
Or to needlessly worry and fret without prayer?

Did they learn to be helpful, considerate and content,
Or to constantly complain and waste their time spent?
Did they see me open my Bible to read,
Or was the newspaper all that I seemed to need?

Did they learn by my example to live God’s way?
Just what did my children learn from me today?”

Beloved, one of our greatest responsibilities that God has given us, is to teach our children and grandchildren His inspired word (Deuteronomy 6:1-2; Psalms 78:1-11). We cannot abdicate that responsibility, giving it to someone else (Ephesians 6:4; cf. Genesis 18:16-19; Deuteronomy 4:9-10; Deuteronomy 6:4-7). The results of faithfully teaching God’s word to our children by our manner of life and living, is clearly evident (cf. 1 Timothy 4:12-16; 2 Timothy 1:1-5; 2 Timothy 3:10-15).

—Mike Riley, Gospel Snippets