Child Size Goggles

(PROVERBS 22:6)”Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it.”

In this day and time, kids especially teens want to be cool. In their words and in their actions, they go to almost any means to be someone they are and someone they aren’t. When my son is with his peers, there is a certain cool factor that must exist… and heaven forbid if he is less than the rough and tough warrior he pretends to be.

As we drive back and forth from school each day or sitting in the room late at night, he shares his stories of his mighty conquers throughout the day. Yes, my young man is a valiant soldier in training…The stories probably somewhat embellished!

The story he shared left me with in a silent wonder thus reflecting back, thinking back to his early years when he first accepted the Lord as his savior, so I should not be surprised. Hogan has had a heart for God, “My little David” I call him, since he was 4 years old.

Anyhoo, back to the story, Hogan went to the County Fair a few weeks ago with a friend. When he got home that night, Hogan shared his sacred story with us. Let me add that Hogan does not care for heights and anything over a foot off the ground would classify as a phobic response from him. But as peer pressure would have it, Hogan was pressured into riding a rather large Ferris wheel that night. During the ride, the operator stopped the ride while Hogan and his friends were at the top. Now this was probably bad enough, but Hogan shared that huge bolts of lightning started to threaten the sky. He said the bolts seemed to grow very close to them and he felt he could reach out and touch it.

All of a sudden, with all of his friends around him sitting on the top of the world, Hogan began singing, “Jesus loves me this I know…”

Mom, I knew God would protect me…and He didn’t care about what his friends would think…

Maybe we should think more like our children… and not worry about what the world will think… But what God will think….

Next time ask for the child size goggles… and look through the world…


Thank you Hogan for teaching me that sweet love…