A lesson from reading books to my children
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The Lord uses my children in so many ways to teach me things.  What precious gifts they are! Quite a few years ago I was reading {again} Corduroy to my then 3 and 4 year old.  They just loved that book and asked for it all the time! Well, I was being a little silly and started out the book saying, “Corduroy, the Friendly Bear”.  My daughter immediately said, “Mommy, that’s not right!”
Later in the book I must have misread a word, because my daughter corrected me and told me the word I should have said.
Then…I even skipped a page accidentally and both children said, “Mommy, you missed a page!”
As I was reading, the Lord gently spoke to me saying…
“Sheri, do you know My Book this well? Â Do you know it well enough that if someone adds things to it, misquotes it, or skips stuff, you immediately notice the error? Â Have you read My Book so many times that you know what it says? Â Do you hunger for My Book as these children hunger for one more reading of Corduroy?”
Ouch!!!
I have been convicted to get into His Book {the Holy Bible} even more so – so that I know it as well as my children know Corduroy!
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