We are so blessed to have a God who is there for us 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. He doesn’t take vacations. Which makes me wonder why so often we allow summer to become our kid’s vacation from Him? Church attendance is down, Sunday School classes are smaller, and Wednesday nights aren’t considered “church nights”. Granted, people travel in the summer, but that travel doesn’t begin to explain the number of kids who go missing each summer.
With all of the free time our kids have during the summer months, I find it’s actually a perfect time to increase the amount of time we spend in God’s house. With no school taking up huge chunks of their week, and no homework filling their evenings, what better time to spend a few hours in Church and Sunday School, and an hour or so at a midweek class/meeting?
Summer is also a GREAT time for family devotions, and to spend time on bible reading and verse memorization! Again, there’s no school or homework, so now is the perfect time to devote some extra attention to God’s Word.
I pray that the Lord will help each of us make this a summer when our kids grow closer to Him!
Bill
