Monday, November 16, 2009

What's For Dinner?

My small group Bible study has been reading a book about Jewish customs during Jesus' lifetime on earth. I found it interesting that during this time period the Jewish people used every opportunity to discuss God's words. In fact it was not unusual for a small group of people to break away during a wedding or other celebration to talk about the Torah or other teachings. This week we even learned that one of the main focal points of meals was to use them as an opportunity to teach their children about God, the stories of the Bible and the lessons to be learned from them.

I have mentioned before that one of my favorite parenting scriptures is found in Deuteronomy 6: 6-7. God impresses upon the people how important it is to constantly teach their children about His words. It sounds like God recommends a constant and consistent effort on our part to teach our children God's laws.