These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Write them on the door frames of your houses and on your gates. Deuteronomy 6:6-9 NIV
Heading into summer transitions? It’s time for a plan! This verse encourages us to focus, not on elaborate special event type planning, but the day-to-day intentionality of modeling and speaking life with our children. I love this quote from “How to Teach Kids Theology”: “Our culture leads us to believe that if something isn’t novel, then it isn’t impactful. But this couldn’t be further from the truth! The ordinary, not the exceptional, is what shapes us the most.”
Yup, consistency over time is the ticket!
What summer rhythms can you intentionally use to point your kids to our awesome God and His creation?
Try “habit stacking”, choosing a thing that you do consistently and add a God-centered practice on top, like reviewing your memory verse as a family when you thank God for your dinner.
If you’re looking for some practical direction, check out “Family Discipleship” by Matt Chandler and Adam Griffin. Maybe take a little time today to ponder and pray for direction in what that looks like for your family.
— Donna
