Back To School

It’s that time of the year when it seems most families have shifted gears and roared off into a totally different daily routine. This is especially prevalent in families with school children. The summer out of school daily activities verses the in school, is totally different, yet sometimes still just as hair pulling. Getting back into a ridged time schedule of going to bed at night and rising on time in the morning has been known to heighten the emotions of both parent and child to a point of screaming and crying. I think most families renew their evening meal gathering which may have unraveled during the summer months. It’s a good time to talk about the next days schedule and whose suppose to be where and when. There is so much activity in school nowadays I don’t know how some families keep up. Whatever a “normal” school year routine is for your family, good luck, and don’t get too hyper with each other, it’s not healthy.
A little girl was diligently pounding away on her grandfather’s computer keyboard producing an array of letters and numbers on the monitor screen. When questioned what she was doing, she said she was writing a story. “What’s it about?’ asked the grandfather. “Oh, I don’t know”, she replied. He then asked, “How come?” She stopped what she was doing, sighed and answered, “Because I can’t read, Grandpa!”
A little boy was spending the weekend with his grandmother after a particularly trying week in kindergarten. His grandmother decided to take him to the park. It was the fall of the year and everything was beautiful. His grandmother remarked, “Doesn’t it look like an artist painted the scenery? Do you know God painted this for you?” The little boy said “Yes, God did it and he did it left handed.” Grandma inquired, “What makes you say God did this with his left hand?” With great assurance the little boy said, “Well, in Sunday school we learned that Jesus sits on God’s right hand.”
[Hosea 4: 1-6] I know that relaxed schedules and disciplines can also bring about the skipping of worship during the summer. Spiritual education is as important as mental schooling. Our country is suffering due to the lack of faithfulness, and love, and no acknowledgement of God in the land. This is a good time to return to worship as a family. A preacher made a house-call to a long time member who suddenly stopped coming to worship. The preacher waited patiently at the door after knocking. The member opened the door and without a sound returned to his rocking chair in front of the fireplace. The preacher also sat in a chair next to the fireplace for quite some time without a word ever being said. Then the preacher got up, took the tongs, and picking up a glowing ember he placed it on the hearth where both could see it. The preacher sat back down without saying a word and the silence continued between the two men. The ember glowed for a while, but then started to lose its brilliance and heat. When the ember was just about out, the preacher silently stood up, took the tongs and returned the ember to the fire where it once again glowed brilliantly. After a few more moments watching the fire, the preacher turned to leave. The man got up out of his chair and as he walked him to the door he said, “Thanks for the fiery sermon. I’ll see you Sunday.” Without God, we as a people, living in a land of milk and honey, will be destroyed because of our lack of knowledge about God’s will for our lives. Our country is being plundered and paganized by anti-Christ’s. One day, God will turn his back on America.