A Parent's Best Wish (continued) mothS? I want you to have experi ences with God like I’ve had.” Did you ever do that? Everyone of our readers know s something about our president, but probably no one knows him personally. To know a person means that you are close to him and that you are home with him, understanding his weak nesses as well as his strength. David also told his sop, “Serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind.” A perfect heart is where one’s feelings are, and a willing mind is FRUIT BEARING BRANCH It is the branch which bears the fruit, That feels the knife. To prune it for a larger growth, A fuller life. Though ever budding twig be lopped, And every grace Of swaying tendril, springing leaf. Be lost a space. Oh, thou whose life of joy seems lost, Of beauty shorn; Whose aspirations lie in dust, All bruised and torn, Rejoice, tho' each desire, each dream, Each hope of thine Shall fall and fade, it is the hand Of Love Divine. That holds the knife, that cuts and breaks With tenderest touch. That thou whose life hast borne some fruit May now bear MUCH MORE! where his thoughts are. Now let me ask you parents, “Have $rou ever done that with your boy or your girl?” Let me ask you boys and girls, “Did you ever go to your father or to your moth er and say, ‘I notice that you know God real well; I notice that you pray and get answers; I notice that you love Him and He loves you. Will you tell me about your God, daddy, mommy?’ ” I know, we say, “I’m a Christian; I go to church.” But do we really know the Lord? Do our children know the Lord?
David wanted Solomon to have some experiences like he had had. David knew the Lord and he depended upon the Lord. Beloved, you can’t live for the Lord and live for the world, too. It is one or the other. David didn’t say, “Solomon my son, I want you to be come a millionaire, to get very rich. I’m going to show you how to make money, and how to get money away from your enemies as well as your friends.” He didn’t say, “Solomon, I’m going to show you how to oppress the people and make them like it; how to tax them tremendously.” He said, “Solomon, my son, know thou the God of thy father. Know the God Whom I’ve dealt with through the years, and Who has dealt with me. The God who promised to take care of my enemies and finally He did. I want you to know Him in a way that will make you a lover of the Lord and make you honor the Lord all your days.” My friend, why don’t you go to your child today? Tomorrow may be too late. Death comes so quickly. Or, there are worse things than death that come along. The child may slip into sinful practices and into sinful ways. Hundreds and hundreds of boys and girls are getting into trouble con stantly; sex troubles, financial troubles, social troubles, every kind of a thing, because daddy didn’t say anything about God to him; mother didn’t say anything about God to her. The father and the mother let the children drift. David called Solomon to his bedside and had a talk with him. Maybe daddy or mother, you could transfer your boy or girl from a careless worldling to a godly Christian. It may be that today you can influence that boy or girl of yours to become a great man or woman of God and to be a blessing to the neighborhood as well as to lost souls. The Lord wants that and He will do it through you. Maybe you don’t know God yourself. If so, get acquainted with Him today so that you can tell the boys and girls about Ham. Then you will be a blessing to civilization and God will honor you for it in eter nity to come. 4
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