Cast your bread upon the waters and you will find it after many days. Ecclesiastes 11:1
A
woman raised her children to love the Lord. She taught them the scriptures,
prayed with them and for them each day. Every Sunday she took them to church.
One of the children decided Mom’s religion wasn’t for her. She wasn’t going to
spend her life reading the Bible and praying to a God who may or may not be
listening. She wanted freedom. When she left home, the daughter made a new life
that didn’t include church or her mother’ faith.
Years
after the mother passed away the daughter quietly turned her life over to
Jesus. She opened her Bible again and began to pray. She experienced the love
of Jesus in a way she never had as a child.
Our
work for Christ, including the raising of children, is like bread cast into a
river. Like ships our works sail away from us. And disappear. We watch for
signs of their return. Time passes. One day a dot appears on the horizon. Our
little ship returns to port.
Children may sail away; God’s promises remain.
The Passion Translation of Proverbs 22:6 reads: “Dedicate your children
to God and point them in the way that they should go and the values
they’ve learned from you will be with them for life.” The emphasis is not on
the children sticking with godly teaching but on the godly teaching sticking
with them. A subtle but profound difference.
“He
is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of
those who love him and keep his commandments” (Deuteronomy 7:9).
After death, the influence of the godly remains intact and undiminished. The power of their lives is as fresh and fruitful as the trees and palms which shadow their graves. Lawrence Ramsay
Cast your bread upon God's waters. In His time it shall return to you with joy.
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