3/10- Declaring God’s Glory with Daycare- Proverbs 22:6

3/10- Declaring God’s Glory with Daycare- Proverbs 22:6

Start children off on the way they should go,
    and even when they are old they will not turn from it. (Proverbs 22:6- NIV)

Thoughts: How can we get a child to start down the right path?  Parents are the first teachers.  But what happens when parents do not know the path talked about in Proverbs 22:6- the path of righteousness, the path of hope and love, the path of God?  The church seeks to offer an avenue to the right path.  It does so through Sunday School- but most Sunday Schools are no longer meant to reach children who are not affiliated with the church.  Vacation Bible Schools are a major tool that secular people do not mind their children taking part in.  But it is limited in time and quantity.  Church daycare and preschools are great avenues if seen as ministries of the church to children.  The church is called to gently start children off on the right path so that they will not turn from it when they are old.  The question remains if churches are willing to sacrifice their time effort, and financial resources to reach young children with the good news of hope.  

Prayer: Help me to do what I can to start the children of my community off on the right path, Lord.  Bless me as I seek to be a blessing to you.