Over Flow my Kiddos with Jesus!!

     When my kiddos were young and still in elementary school, I had this over powering desire to bring every conversation back to Jesus. It is in the time when everyone was asking, "WWJD?" I just wanted to fill them with Jesus while I still had a little control of their lives.
   
     When God talked to me about homeschooling my children, I actually thought I was talking to myself until the exact words were talked about from a visiting worship singer, (for a later story), He quoted a Bible verse to me to live by. And like I have said before, I am like a manic when it came to teaching my children about the Lord or as God would say, diligently.

Deu 6:7

"You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up.

     I always enjoyed going for walks with my children and took this verse literally. We would walk around our neighborhood and play a game we called, What can you find that reminded you of the Bible and Jesus?

     Dori would always walk ahead of us to see things first, she was always the most competitive at family games. We found sticks that represent the cross, barbed wire that represent the thorns on Jesus head at the cross, filthy rags that represent our sins, red paint that represented Jesus blood for the cover of sins and much more. I always felt this was a way to communicate on our walk and what better than to take about the Lord!
    
     I also played the game for selfish reasons, if they would learn to talk about Jesus as an every day occurrence, then maybe when they became teens and the hormones went crazy, they would always refer back to Jesus and bring to remembrance our walks. I would say I was 25% right.

     This verse is so dear to me, because I not only read it, but I heard God teach it to me. I encourage you today to take this verse to heart, no matter the age of your children, because God's word does not return void. Your children may not seem to be listening to you at times, but they do remember a few things you say!