and that you may tell in the hearing of your son, and of your grandson, how I made a mockery of the Egyptians and how I performed My signs among them, that you may know that I am the Lord."The reminder to tell their children about the things God has done for them is a frequent recurrence for the Israelites, especially between the Plagues and when the conquer the Promised Land. However, it's something they never seem to do very well, for whatever reason.
However, this got me thinking about how poor many of us are today at telling our own children about the things God has done for us. Maybe it's partially human nature, in how events lose their power over time. Perhaps it is just forgetfulness or laziness, or part of the human thinking of "what have you done for me lately?" But for whatever reason, I know that I'm not very good at remembering the things that God does, and I don't even have kids yet. How will I ever recall them once my hypothetical kids are old enough to understand, if I don't remember them a week later, or a day, or an hour? I think I'm going to start some kind of journal, to chronicle those times when God's power is evident in my life.
You mean like some kind of blog that you keep in analog format and don't share with anyone? ;-) I'm trying hard to visualize that aberrant departure from the norm... ;-)
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