Teaching our children to tell time
This pedagogical article by Sherry Koole instructs parents on teaching children to understand time—both practically (clocks and calendars) and spiritually—as a means of cultivating God-centered perspective on life's seasons. Drawing on Ecclesiastes 3:1 and the Psalter, Koole emphasizes that recognizing God's sovereignty over all times of life, from joy to sorrow, provides children with comfort and assurance of divine providence in their daily experience.
But, Lord, in Thee is all my trust, Thou art my God I cried; My life, my times are in Thy hand, I in Thy strength confide. Psalter #80, stanza 9 We are all creatures of time. For the timeless God, in His infinite wisdom, created us so. He, the Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, has so designed things that all of our life here on earth -- as we journey from here to heaven -- is governed by time. Not only must we teach our children how to tell time on the face of the clock that hangs...
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