Day 3 - Week 14 - Deuteronomy 6:7 - "Repeat them to your children. Talk about them when you sit in your house and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up."

This verse is especially on my mind this week as we are spending a lot of time traveling with our 14 year old grandson.  Fourteen year old boys are very hard to understand...and it's not that they have speech impediments!  For the most part, they live in their own worlds and are not all the impressed with their grandparents' vast array of knowledge regarding...well, regarding just about anything.  Our grandson is currently most impressed with anything to do with iPhones and other hi-tech toys and specific types of sunglasses.  Pointing out anything to do with history or culture, even when you're in an area where it is all around you, almost seems pointless.

So then you come to this verse, where we are told to repeat God's words to our children.  I think I might have the best chance of making an impression if I texted them!  That might work!

And maybe that's an idea.  You know in the time this verse was written, families sat in their homes, walked along the road, laid down together on their mats at night and rose together --- for the most part in small homes, living closely together.  So how do we share God's words with our children and grandchildren in 2011?

Any way we can!  Whenever we can!  If that's via e-mail notes, texts, Facebook postings, or actual old-fashioned face-to-face conversation, our words should reflect our faith.  Words of godly encouragement, instruction, faith-building...said with Spirit-guided timing.  So important to say good words...but also so important to say those words at good times. 

And when you're dealing with 14 year-old boys, a good time to remember how patient God is with us waiting for us to mature to our next steps...and remembering that 14 year-old boys will soon be young men who once again think their grandparents may be just about the smartest people they know!