The Christian Home
“As for me and my
house, we will serve the Lord” (Josh. 24:15).
There is no place in all this world so wholesome and
refreshing as a Christian home, a home where Christ is truly loved and honored.
This writer was brought up in such a home. There were ten of
us: dad, mother and eight children. There was lots going on all the time, but a
truly happy home it was, for dad and mother never let us get so busy with
temporal things that we brushed eternal values aside.
On the basis that “man shall not live by bread alone, but by
every word of God” (Luke 4:4), we read some small portion of the Bible before
every meal, and had family devotions before retiring at night.
Result: all eight children have blessed the dear dad and
mother who led them aright, morally and spiritually, and best of all, taught
them the importance of trusting in the Savior who died for all our sins. More:
five of the children and many of the grandchildren have given themselves for
full time Christian service, and have become pastors, college deans, Christian
writers and missionaries in various parts of the world.
This is not because we are one whit better than others, but
because we have experienced the help and grace of God in our lives. And it all
began as, one day, a young American, like Joshua of old, came to a decision and
declared:
“As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”
