Walk In Jesus' Footsteps
Lee Strobel tells about a mother from Costa Mesa, California
who told about the day her three-year old son was on her
heels wherever she went. She was having trouble doing her
routine chores.
"Whenever I stopped to do something and turned back around I
would trip over him," she said. "Several times I suggested
fun activities to keep him occupied, but he would just smile
and say, 'That's alright Mommy I'd rather be in here with
you.' He continued to follow me and after the fifth trip, my
patience wore thin and I asked him why he was following me
constantly."
He said, "My Sunday school teacher told me to walk in Jesus'
footsteps but I can't see him so I'm walking in yours."
The greatest way we can teach our children about and show
our loved ones the love of Jesus is through the example of
how we live, and how we model his love in our everyday
life.
As another has said, "We raise not the children we want but
the children that we the parents are."
Suggested prayer, "Dear God, please help me to so live that
people, especially my children (and loved ones), will see
Jesus in me and will want to follow in my footsteps and have
Jesus in their life too. Thank you for hearing and answering
my prayer. Gratefully in Jesus' name, amen."
1 Corinthians 11:1, KJV "Be followers of me, even as I also am of Christ."
[ Dick Innes © 2002 -- from Daily Encounter ]
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