More on Parents and Children…
As I was reading some of what I had written for yesterday, it just came to me that there is something missing in our homes today. If you check – the next time you go to a neighbor or friend’s house – there is something that is very important to have – but – it is missing? Did you guess yet? It is the BIBLE – the Manuel for good living!
Every home has books on “How to Cook” – “How to lose Weight” – “How to fix this and that” and then there is a whole gambit of ‘junk’ reading – that my Mother would call trash! I know that there is some good reading – but why not have the best available reading – the perfect source for a FAMILY to find all the answers – for keeping a FAMILY aware of what to expect in this LIFE and what is needed to know for the LIFE to come?
When we were little – that is my brothers and I – we all sat on the sofa all around my Mother – and she would read from her BIBLE. We were mesmerized by the stories as she would read – and my Mother could read all day – as everything she was reading – was so interesting. It was the way she would read – everything just seems to come alive – as she put so much “action” in the words and stories. We were just glued in our spots and our ears just wanted more. Mom would have to stop, though – as she did have to make the meals for us.
When I was in the second grade, my Mother gave me my first BIBLE – which I still have. In the second grade – I was not as interested in reading the BIBLE – by myself – I enjoyed my Mother’s reading – and when we were in the Orphanage – there was no real time to read my BIBLE – I may have looked at it – but not as I would do if my Mother was there to guide my selecting – what and how to really get a start on reading the BIBLE.
Years later, when I had my own home and children – I did buy my children a BIBLE for small children – it had the most popular stories and of course lots of pictures for the children to look at while I or my husband would read to them – especially at bedtime. This of course is another book that I still have – and this book went to and from FLORIDA and to Missouri and all the other locations we moved to – and it does show some wear and tear – but I could not part with it for all the “tea in China” – as my husband would pick it up and read it – each and every time he would be recuperating from all of the surgeries – he had to have after having been shot!
Today I do have several BIBLES – and each one – has something special about it that I could not – ever think to part with any one! Each BIBLE – as I have received it – I would start that day and read each and every day there after – and would read through each book – until I have read through it – cover to cover – marking the day and year – and also adding birthdays of family and friends – if it was their birthday – as I would also say some special prayer for them – then and there – to be remembered forever by whoever would read in that section of my BIBLE. I would hope that someday each and every child would receive a BIBLE of their own and be able to take it to school – where they would have a class for reading the BIBLE and exploring all of the TRUTH – for a good start in LIFE’s Learning – as everything that we need to know – is there for those who will “SEEK and FIND!” Reading daily is the best of medicines for all of us – try it – and let me know?
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“Blessed to be a Blessing…”
“Sometimes in LIFE – I’m guessing that each of us stops – to think “What am I suppose to do next?” We are taught very early in LIFE – to learn something – and hopefully “something” that we would enjoy doing and still be able to make a living – raise our own FAMILY – and be satisfied with our work – each and every day. But, something is nagging us – on the inside – we are continually asking ourselves – “What if?” and “What is next?” and more questions keep coming up – and soon – we feel as if we took the wrong road, somewhere down there – “How do I know which road is right, now?!”
This is natural for all of us – but we must persevere in our endeavors – and always keep the “HOPE” that is found in the Holy Scriptures as our “Guiding Light” as we all know that we cannot succeed in any activity of LIFE – without the “LIGHT” since we cannot find our way in darkness. If we check with our “TRUE SOURCE” – we will find the way – the “WAY” that is to be our way – the correct path – the path that will lead to our “DREAM” – which is found by closing those doors that no longer apply to achieving the “DREAM” – and opening this new door that has been laid out from the beginning of time – just for us!
Along the way – that is “OUR WAY” – we meet “GUIDES” that have the special plan – that has been set up for us – our individual plan – which our “HEAVENLY FATHER” has assigned the “BLESSED GUIDE”- as the one to lead us – on our way – if only we will believe and see – that which we do not understand – but must develop an “understanding” – that is living in our “being” – maybe known and maybe unknown to us.
There are some amongst us – who might be called “Blessed” – Leader types – which would be our “Guides” – but not entirely known to us – but with FAITH and HOPE and the developing of our understanding – we will follow our true “GUIDE” and eventually reach our DREAMS – our GOALS – our DESTINY – as pre-ordained.
Nothing is easy – as we travel – lots of trial and error along the way.
So, in our quest – we see that some who are our GUIDES are truly “BLESSED” – and as we work with these GUIDES – we will get the feeling that we, our “own self” – would also like to be as BLESSED – so that we might also carry on this special BLESSING – to the next generation and as far into the future – as to the end of all of our DESTINIES – since this is the better way – or maybe we should say the BEST WAY!
If only we “all ” could be – “Blessed – so as to – always be a Blessing to others!”
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