As we come to Children’s Day 2021, it certainly seems as if the ongoing pandemic has cast its shadow over every significant celebration this year. And it has been hard, very hard, to put on a smile over gritted teeth.
Thankfully, the Bible can help, particularly as we approach Children’s Day in the time of coronavirus.
The Bible always portrays children as a sign of God’s favour, God’s pleasure and His affection.
Our children are an inheritance from God to us – bestowed by His generosity and graciousness.
In the Old Testament, barrenness is often thought of as a “curse” but fruitfulness is blessing. Happiness is a home full of the sounds of children’s chatter and laughter.
One of the most beloved passages about children in the Bible describes them as an inheritance – a gift bestowed on us, not by our own merit, but by the generosity and graciousness of someone else:
“Behold, children are a heritage from the LORD, the fruit of the womb a reward.
Like arrows in the hand of a warrior are the children of one’s youth.
Blessed is the man who fills his quiver with them!” (Psalms 127:3-5a)
It has a future perspective – an expectation of better and brighter times, a sense of treasure and worth that is yet to come, a hopefulness.
Our children are an inheritance from God to us.
This is an article from the Christian website, Salt&Light. The full article can be found by clicking on the link below:
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