Encouragement

A very sweet, encouraging lady from our church called to share something precious with me that she asked me to please share with other moms.

She told me that, in the Hebrews 11 "faith hall of fame", we were mentioned. I was intrigued. Through reading an older book (I forget the name but it was from the mid1800's), she was drawn to Hebrews 11:3 and a truth taught in that verse.

Hebrews 11:1-3

1Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see. 2This is what the ancients were commended for.
3By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God's command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.

What was pointed out in the book she was reading was that, already at that point in history (mid 1800's) people were being drawn to evolution - trying to explain the world while taking God out of the picture. What a privilege to share with our children, as we train and disciple them, that God made the world - the big bang theory and millions of years of chance are actually fantasy. As I've been reading through the Bible this year, I keep seeing how integral this fact is to our faith. God is great - He is our creator - He is our everything! (And how amazing that our wonderful God humbled Himself to come down to earth in the form of Jesus, God the Son, suffer and die for our sins so that we can be with Him forever, and then He conquered death by His resurrection. What amazing love - He created us, loves us, suffered and died to conquer death so that we can be with Him. Wow - may we never take that for granted.)

Hebrews 11 states that when we believe God's Word and how He tells us the world began, this is faith and it mentions it before mentioning all those wonderful examples of faith in the old testament. He's made a way for us to choose to trust Him and to tell of that trust and teach it to our children (that they also may be blessed by faith - Eph. 2:8-9 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast.). What an opportunity - privilege - challenge.

May you have a wonderful day thanking God for all He has done, proclaiming Him, and discipling your children.