I came across an image recently of a woman sitting on a busy commuter train with her little boy on her lap. The Mom is reading a book and the boy is also reading - he’s got a children’s book and he’s completely engrossed in it. The caption on the photo says: “They asked her, ‘how did you persuade your child to read instead of playing with a device?’ She replied, ‘children don’t hear us, they imitate us’.”
That image speaks specifically to the critical influence we have on our own children, but our circle of influence also extends beyond our family members. And, who knows, it may be that the most significant impact we have on the world will not be through something we do ourselves but through the actions of a person we influence.
I think I've told you before about my grade 4 Sunday School teacher who gave me my first Bible and urged me to read it every day. I don't remember her name, but she changed my life. I thought of her when we gave Bibles to 12 of our grade 4 children last Sunday morning.
Who falls within your circle of influence and mine? What will they remember us for?
That image speaks specifically to the critical influence we have on our own children, but our circle of influence also extends beyond our family members. And, who knows, it may be that the most significant impact we have on the world will not be through something we do ourselves but through the actions of a person we influence.
I think I've told you before about my grade 4 Sunday School teacher who gave me my first Bible and urged me to read it every day. I don't remember her name, but she changed my life. I thought of her when we gave Bibles to 12 of our grade 4 children last Sunday morning.
Who falls within your circle of influence and mine? What will they remember us for?