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REFRESHING WATER
God shows us by His example more of how He wants us to lead our children.
“He leads me to refreshing water.”
It’s not murky water. Sheep will not drink from muddy water. They won’t drink from fast waters. It needs to be pure and it needs to be still.
And yet today we allow our children to drink from the fast waters of their Internet games that are not reality. I think there is a big difference between something fast that is real and the flashing images our children constantly watch. These flashing images are not intended for our little lambs and growing sheep who we are to lead to still and refreshing waters. I believe they are disturbing their brains.
The KJV says: “He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.” The word “green “ in the Hebrews means “tender grass. It doesn’t give them brain indigestion. The word ‘pastures” is “na’ah” which is one of the words for the home. It means a dwelling place, a house, a pleasant place.” We lead our children to pleasant places and quiet waters.
Isaiah 32:18 is a beautiful description of home life: “And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places.” This is the atmosphere for learning and development rather than the constant stimulation of video games that are taking over the lives of so many young people.
It is the task of the shepherd to find the best food and environment for his sheep. It is also the job of the shepherdess mother to create the right environment for her children to learn and grow in knowledge and the ways of the Lord.
And as I always keep saying, “It doesn’t just happen; you have to make it happen.”
Where are you leading them today?
Love from Nancy Campbell
