Children Are Treasures
Margaret Laning reflects on God's covenant promise to Abraham as revealed through the stars, drawing spiritual comfort from the assurance of God's numerous spiritual children throughout the church. The article encourages families to meditate together on God's promises and emphasizes the responsibility of parents to faithfully raise and train children as precious treasures laid up in heaven.
Living in NW Iowa is living upon the threshold of the Great Plains. The broad flatland stretches as far as the eye can see. The sky seems larger in all of its breadth and beauty. Thunderhead clouds look close enough to touch. On clear nights, God's promise to Abraham resounds as a cascade of stars prove too numerous to count. ". . . tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: . . . so shall thy seed be" (Gen. 15:5). What an astounding picture we have of the spiritual children of Abraham,...
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