I don't imagine I'll force my kids to read the bible, I can't see how that would be helpful. I'll definitely encourage them to, because I know the positive difference it makes to the way I live my life.Do you make your children read the bible if you are bible readers? If so why? Or do they "choose" to?
I read River stories from his kids bible - though he just likes to turn pages, so it goes more like 'there's Noah, and he...oh okay, well I think that's Job and...oh alright, well there's Jesus and oh okay back to Esther hey?'
My Dad or Mum used to read at nights to us from a kids bible and we loved it! We'd ask questions at the end - it made a difference that they believed it was true too - like we'd read about Daniel and then ask 'is that why you pray so much Dad?' or about something Jesus taught and ask 'is that why we have to be kind Mum?' So it was a time of learning too.
I love to read my bible, because I believe that it's God's word - I think if I didn't believe that, I would be less motivated to read it, because I have a million books to read! But I believe that God speaks to us through the bible, that it is true, and that we can look the bible for guidance.Also is the bible something that you feel you could read over and over til you are very old? If so why yes?
I believe the bible is jam packed full of stuff, my nan read it pretty much every day until she died (at ninety-something!) - I think there will always be new stuff that God can teach me. I've been reading it since I was a kid, and still I will sometimes read a bit that I thought I knew and then suddenly realise something about that part, or appreciate something new.
So yeah - all in all, I think that, because I believe that the bible is God's words for us, it's definitely worth a read, and something I want to help my children establish as part of their lives. Something I need to do more often also - life gets in the way at times, and then when I read it again I wonder why it's been so long inbetween reads!![]()






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