Papa God

In his book_, Sacred Parenting_, Gary Thomas shares a story from his own parenting life. A story that illustrates this truth: when our children are young, they look at their earthly fathers and assume they are also their Heavenly Father. This “higher power” concept ought to be taken seriously by all parents as they attempt to raise children as followers of Christ:

One day, when our daughter Kelsey was two years old, she started pointing at every family member’s chair around the table. I was gone at the time. “Mommy,” she began,…