A Saving Relationship With God :)

“Incline your ear, O Lord, and answer me, for I am poor and needy.  Preserve my life, for I am godly; save your servant, who trusts in you—you are my God.”-Psalm 86: 1-2

“In the day of my trouble I call upon you, for you answer me.” – Psalm 86:7

As we prepare to enter the next year, many of us do so with some trepidation.  Some of it seems warranted and some does not.  But irregardless, feelings just are. And sometimes, in the world in which we live, we can’t help but worry what will the future be like?  What kind of country will our children grow up in?  Will we able to provide for our families?  The list is endless…

And for some of us, our top worry is:  “Will we able to keep our children on the “narrow path”.  In an un-Godly world, will we be able to “train our children up in the way they should go”.  And will they keep on that path when they grow up?

The answer is:  Yes!

The key is teaching our children is to teach them to have a personal relationship with Jesus.  We love Jesus so much because Jesus loved us first.  And Jesus loves us -no matter what.  There is nothing we can not tell Him!  There is no failure too big, no sin too dark, no life situation too overwhelming, that Jesus will not forgive us and walk through it with us!  When we have a genuine friendship with someone, when we truly know that their love for us is truly unconditional, then we are never afraid to return to them, no matter how broken.

And when we have a real friendship with someone, we also share all the good things that happen during our today.  We can’t wait to share that we finally got that good test grade, or learned to ride a bike, or that we finally succeeded in catching a ball or found that song we were looking for.  We can’t wait to share that our day went really well, that we made a new friend, or fell in love…The list is endless.  And we share all that, because that is what a relationship is-sharing the good and the bad!

And a relationship is also involves listening to our Friend. So we just don’t share our own day, we listen to them as well!  And the more we listen for God, the more we will hear Him, because Jesus never leaves us!

So when we say our daily prayers, whether we are an adult or a child, our prayers should include all sharing the good and the bad, and listening Even better, share with God all day, every day 🙂

Because when we have a relationship with someone who loves us unconditionally, someone who is truly rooting for us and understands and always forgives us – we will always return to it ?. 

So our job as parents is simple, we plant the seed as deeply as possible, so it can grow ?

And, in the day of our trouble, God will answer us ?