Faith. From the time I was two, faith was a priority in the life of my family.
We went to church every time it was open – Sunday morning, Sunday night, Wednesday night.
My sisters and I have been examples in Dad’s sermons more times than we can count.
It didn’t matter what we did on Saturday night or how late we stayed out, we were at church on Sunday morning.
When I went off to college, needless to say, I wasn’t as faithful in my church attendance. I didn’t quite understand the necessity.
But it wasn’t long before I changed my tune and began attending regularly again.
And then I became a parent and I realized exactly what my parents realized all those years ago.
As parents, we set the priorities for the home. Strong faith and a relationship with God through Jesus Christ has to be at the top of our priority list. One of the ways we do this is by making it a priority to be in church regularly for worship.
In this day and age, there are so many things that are vying to be at the top of our list of priorities, and what I have seen happen in the church is sad. Ball games, tumbling or other sports meets/competitions, camping trips, and even late Saturday nights are taking priority over worship attendance. Somehow a shift has occurred and instead of making worship a priority, we have started making our children’s “success” in other areas a priority.
The problem with that is simply this: if they don’t learn early how to make the Lord a priority in their lives, then He may never be a priority in their lives.
And for a parent who loves the Lord and loves her children, that would be a devastating tragedy for my children.
So in addition to other things we do at home, we will be in worship each Sunday morning on a regular basis. This is a priority in our lives. And as parents, we will show our children that it needs to be a priority in their lives as well.
