Zachariah and Grammy were facetiming. Suddenly, little man disappeared running down the hallway and into his bedroom. Grammy knew he was chasing to find something important that he wanted her to see. Sure enough, the nearly two year old reappeared clutching the treasure he wanted to share with her. Grammy’s heart smiled, and her soul danced with joy, as Zachariah held out his “Beginner’s Bible”. In toddler talk, he told Grammy all about his cherished book.
Truth be told, each and every bedtime, Zachariah’s Mommy and Daddy snuggle little man and read true Bible stories to him before his sleepy eyes close and wander into dreamland. Not make believe, but promised truth, surrounds this little angel as he rests in God’s protective arms.
Finally, after throwing kisses back and forth, Grammy’s phone screen went dark, but Grammy’s heart and soul remained “SON” shiny!!! Then, her thoughts turned wondering.
Fairy tale princes and princesses, in way too many little lives, have replaced the one and only Prince of Peace as the hero triumphing in our children’s dreams. In no way am I saying worldly fairy tales should be banished or vanished from our children’s lives. I am, however, asking you to wonder, and decide for yourself, if make believe princes and princesses have totally eclipsed teaching our little ones about resting in the knowledge and security of the Bible’s Prince of Peace true stories.
Sadly, I know it’s present fantasy; but wouldn’t it be redeeming if all the Mommies, Daddies, Grammys and Grampys of this world would share as many true and faithful Bible Stories as we do fictitious and faithless fairy tales.
“You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and and when you lie down, and when you rise.” Deuteronomy 6:5-7 (ESV)
Uplifted in a Broken Down World 