As some of you may know, my wife gave birth to our first child almost 2 months ago. His name is Mason Knox Grant and he is a looker!(Just like his daddy;) Anyways, every since I found out that I was going to be a father, I began down this road of discovering the biblical principles that my wife and I would use to raise our son. I began reading books, going to seminars, taking seminary classes on the subject.
My professor, in his book "Age of Opportunity" teaches that one of the primary roles of a parent is to place in the heart of our child "the awe of God," in order to influence the way they see life (read Psalm 145, Deuteronomy 6:20).
How do we do this? By pointing out and showing them how God is connected to all things, science, trees, stars, thunder, man etc.
This morning, while on the elliptical machine at the gym I was listening to the great hymn "How great thou art..."
- O Lord my God! When I in awesome wonder
- Consider all the worlds Thy hands have made.
- I see the stars, I hear the rolling thunder,
- Thy power throughout the universe displayed.
- Then sings my soul, my Saviour God, to Thee;
- How great Thou art, how great Thou art!
- Then sings my soul, my Saviour God, to Thee:
- How great Thou art, how great Thou art!
- after hearing that song I thought...I can't wait to teach this song to my son...
