Youtube can Waste Time…

Aug, 18, 2012

Find out what your kid’s are reading in the Bible before you do certain activities with them. Last summer I took my oldest son on a camp out/hike not realizing he just got to the part in the Bible where Abraham took his son out to sacrifice him.

I crawled out of the tent saying, “What a beautiful day, Colter! Want to go on a hike?”
He looked up from his Bible nervously and said, “No….I want to go home!”
That’s when I saw what he was reading and started laughing. I then told him to grab some firewood and a knife and let’s go! You need to keep them on their toes.

I love that story about Abraham for many reasons. The first reason was because Abraham made Isaac carry the wood up the hill for his own sacrifice. As a lazy man, I know what Abraham must have been thinking. He was most likely thinking, “Look, Isaac should have to carry all that stuff up the hill because I have to walk all the way back! Isaac doesn’t!”

I also like the story because right before Abraham sacrificed his son, an angel said, “Abraham! Abraham!” and Abraham stopped, turned and said, “Here I am!” This made me glad I wasn’t Abraham because with my ADD I probably would have just continued while shouting, “Hang on! I’m in the middle of something!”
But the main reason I like this story is because of the meaning. God didn’t want Abraham to really sacrifice his son. God just wanted to make sure Abraham didn’t love something more than God. I’m glad that’s not a problem nowadays. I’ll pause while everyone soaks up the sarcasm from this last sentence.
Do we spend more time reading the Bible or praying than we spend on the computer? I’ll do a test to help you decide. How many readers know who Ehud is from the Old Testament? Raise your hand. Now you three put your hands down because this is an online blog and I cant see you. Now, how many of you would know what I was referencing if I said, “Ouch! Charwie bit me!” That’s what I thought. Let’s try another one. Can you name the books of the New Testament in order? What if I start singing, “A duck walked up to a lemonade stand and he said to the man, running the stand. Hey (bump bump bump) got any….” How many of you just sang, “Grapes!” You are all heathens!

Ok. I’m guilty as well. I know the books of the new testament but if I try to list them in order it goes something like this: “Matthew Mark Luke…uh…Leia C3PO Chewbacca Romans Galatians Donner Cupid Blitzen…”

So my challenge this month is make God your main focus. He created you and has a path He wants you on. Its a path where He will walk with you…and that’s better than grapes any day!