Post by D. Robert Quick on Dec 7, 2011 7:32:20 GMT -6
This is taken from the Sportsman's Daily Devotional that I receive each morning... Although it obviously is geared toward "hunting" , it's application to life in general is more than obvious... Dave
Proverbs 22:6
Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it. (NIV)
Action Point
Tracking game animals is a learned skill, not something you're born with. Neither are our children born with Christianity.
First and foremost, we must set the example and teach them to walk as Jesus did. As in tracking, they are never too young to learn these things. When they are young is a great time to teach them about the importance that God places on wildlife. "And God said, 'Let the land produce living creatures according to their kinds: the livestock, the creatures that move along the ground, and the wild animals, each according to its kind.' And it was so," Geneis 1:24 (NIV).
Our appreciation for God's creation should not be limited to whether or not we are successful at a kill, but that He gives us the opportunity to simply experience the hunt.
Proverbs 22:6
Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it. (NIV)
Action Point
Tracking game animals is a learned skill, not something you're born with. Neither are our children born with Christianity.
First and foremost, we must set the example and teach them to walk as Jesus did. As in tracking, they are never too young to learn these things. When they are young is a great time to teach them about the importance that God places on wildlife. "And God said, 'Let the land produce living creatures according to their kinds: the livestock, the creatures that move along the ground, and the wild animals, each according to its kind.' And it was so," Geneis 1:24 (NIV).
Our appreciation for God's creation should not be limited to whether or not we are successful at a kill, but that He gives us the opportunity to simply experience the hunt.