Friday, November 20, 2009

No need in making a decision!

Hello Everyone,


I pray that you find yourself faithful to Sunday School and to Church. It is really important and you will be glad you did. I read one day many years ago about an answer that J. Edgar Hoover gave to this question. I believe that it is still correct for today.

The late J. Edgar Hoover was once asked, "Should I make my child go to Sunday school and church?" His reply was both Scriptural and practical. "Yes," said the former head of the FBI, "you certainly should, and with no further discussion about the matter. You may be startled by my answer, but what do you say to Junior when he comes to breakfast on Monday morning and announces he isn't going to school anymore? You know! He goes! How do you answer him when he comes home covered with mud and says, 'I'm not going to take a bath.' Junior bathes, doesn't he? Why all this timidity, then, in the realm of spiritual guidance and growth? You say you're going to let him wait and decide what church he wants to go to when he is old enough? Quit your kidding! You wouldn't wait until he's grown up to choose whether he wishes to be clean or dirty, would you? Do you let him decide for himself whether to take medicine when he's sick? Do you? How shall we respond, then, when Junior says he doesn't want to go to Sunday school and church? That's easy! Just be consistent. Tell him, 'Son, in our house we ALL go to Sunday school and church, and that includes you!' Your firmness and example will furnish a bridge over which youthful rebellion will then travel into many rich and satisfying spiritual experiences."


"Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it."
Proverbs 22:6


Remember Always, "God does all things well."

Until Jesus Comes
Bro. Gary
Proverbs 3:5,6

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