Thursday, January 24, 2008

Deuteronomy 6:4-9

Recently the Austin Avenue Church of Christ has decided that there is a strong need for our teenagers to have a place all their own that they can come almost any time they want -a place for them to hang out do homework and just be with their Christian brothers and sisters. In a nutshell we are trying to give them a safe fun place to go where satan is not wanted or invited. There are so many places and ways satan attacks us, especially our teenagers and if we can do something to help them to resist satan and his schemes - bring it on. Building this room has been a long process but it is finally coming to a close. On New Years Eve we all met in the new room and we did something really special(we did this at Southside C of C shortly after we moved to Ft. Worth) We wanted the kids to know that this room was a place where God was present and a small way to show that was to write His Word on the foundation of the room. So we passed out markers and told them to write their favorite passage from God's word. It was amazing to see each of them and what they wrote you could see where they were in their relationship with God. It was a huge success -the floor is covered with God's Word the kids know where they wrote their verse and what that verse means to them. They are surrounded by Gods word and its important for them to know it's not just some place to watch T.V. and play video games and hang out with their friends but it's a place for them to be where every nook and cranny God has a place- He is not hidden. His word is our foundation His words are written on our hearts and we will impress them on our children we will talk about them when we sit at home or walk along the road when we lie down and when we get up. We will tie them as symbols on our hands and bind them on our foreheads. We will write them on our door frames of our houses and on our gates.

6 comments:

The Binkley Family said...

I wanna come see the room!!!!

Holly said...

I love this, Melissa! I will always remember this story, and I hope to implement this in our family one day. I told Brett the other day we might have to recruit your family to Ohio, so our kids can benefit from Sean and your family. Your family is truly a light for God. I hope everyone in Brownwood knows how blessed they are to have your family. Miss you bunches!

Anonymous said...

I am so glad that you updated!!! I love that you wrote God's words on the foundation. What a great thing for the kids to do. We missed out on that at SSCofC. I am with Holly, Brownwood is so lucky to have your precious family. I miss all of your wisdom. Come and see us soon.

Laura said...

Wow! That sounds awesome. When are you guys going to have an "Open House" to show off all of your hard work? :)

The Binkley Family said...

i tagged you on my blog...check it out!

Kristen said...

Didn't know you were a blogger...so fun!
you can check ours out...
www.caseyandkristen.blogspot.com

See you in couple weeks neighbor...:)