We have this rule at our house: Bible First. My children know they are to read their Bible before they do anything else, except maybe get a quick bite to eat.
Yesterday I was checking on them, to see how they were progressing on their morning routine, and there was my 12 year old reading a library book. "Have you read your Bible yet?" I asked. "No" she replied sheepishly. I put my arm around her. "Honey," I said, "Reading your Bible is like putting on your glasses. You know how I can't see without my glasses? Well, you can not look at the world right until you put on your Bible glasses. Read your Bible first, put on your Bible glasses, and then you are prepared to look at the world through your Bible lens."
Yesterday I was checking on them, to see how they were progressing on their morning routine, and there was my 12 year old reading a library book. "Have you read your Bible yet?" I asked. "No" she replied sheepishly. I put my arm around her. "Honey," I said, "Reading your Bible is like putting on your glasses. You know how I can't see without my glasses? Well, you can not look at the world right until you put on your Bible glasses. Read your Bible first, put on your Bible glasses, and then you are prepared to look at the world through your Bible lens."
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