It is, perhaps, impossible to express in words the beauty and blessing of a truly Christian home where father and mother are devoted to God and each other, and the children are brought up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
I remember reading a story some years ago about a young man brought up in a godly home. He was a brilliant young man, and in college had a professor whom he greatly admired for his intellect, but the professor claimed to be an atheist, The young man told of the great struggle he had as this professor tried to destroy his faith. He said the thing that held him steady and kept him from denouncing his faith was the picture in his mind of his dear father praying at the family altar each morning---he could not get away from those prayers nor forget the glory of God He had seen on his father's face many times. He knew it was real, and it held him steady when the storm was raging.
Parents -- our children and precious grand-children are the only thing we can take to heaven with us. Let us ask the Lord to help us build strong Christian homes where prayer and praise are as natural as breathing; the Bible is loved and obeyed; the precious hymns still sung; our conversation like "apples of gold in pictures of silver"---humbly asking the Lord to help us live so that all who enter our homes will know that we belong to Jesus!
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