We had a great furlough. Susan and Heather have been gone for about a month; Sarah-Grace and I flew out to meet them about 2 weeks ago in Winnipeg. We then all drove back across Western Canada. Today I am going to chat about a few lessons learned and/or things that were reinforced for me along the way.
Lesson 2: Deuteronomy 6:7: Teach your Children
We were able to see many other interesting things while we were in Winnipeg too: the Art Gallery, the Forks, the Museum, the Hockey Sweater the musical, St. Boniface, Booth College… and we even stayed in the same room there we stayed in when we first lived in Winnipeg for a couple of nights before we camped at Birds Hill Park. In between visiting Winnipeg and reminiscing about our time living there 15 years ago we went to pick up Heather from Ukrainian Camp in Gimli – this camp is why we were here. Heather has been learning Ukrainian, as you probably know. Susan’s mom has Ukrainian heritage, and she may have even gone to this camp herself many, many years ago. Coming back, we even stopped by Vegreville to see the world’s largest pysanki (Easter Egg). This is all part of her and Susan’s heritage; just like the Highland Dancing Heather and Sarah-Grace have done is part of their heritage on both sides of the family. This got me to thinking about our Christian heritage and how important it is that we pass on our Christian life. Jesus talks about eating together in remembrance of Him and how He delivers us unto eternal life. We are commanded to never stop meeting together. The Passover, similar to and in some ways foreshadowing this, is all about remembering how God delivered the Israelites from slavery into the Promised Land. The 10 Commandments themselves are all about passing on our heritage and relationship with God to future generations. Deuteronomy 6:1-2, 7-9 and 12 says this,
These are the commands, decrees and laws the Lord your God directed me to teach you to observe in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess, so that you, your children and their children after them may fear the Lord your God… Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates…. be careful that you do not forget the Lord, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.
Our heritage is important. Teaching future generations the lessons, love and forgiveness that is part and parcel of serving the Lord, is how we carry on our heritage of loving God forward through the generations and into a future of His Salvation.
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