Wednesday, June 11, 2014

Spring Cleaning

Hudson Taylor, missionary to China for 51 years, was said to have gone through ALL his earthly possessions each year. Whatever he had not used that year, he got rid of. Now that's spring cleaning! It is also responsible use of God's gifts, another principle which is important in the shaping of a Christian family. (See previous blog posts)

I have a friend who is a missionary today. She is in Africa because of the generous support of others. She once remarked that she was very careful about each thing she purchased because she wanted to be a good steward of all those gifts. It makes me think - am I a good steward of the gifts given to me by God? Not just material gifts like food and clothes, but time, talents and relationships too.

In Matthew 25:14-30, Jesus tells the parable of the talents. It's a sobering parable, a reminder of how seriously God will judge how well we used His gifts. We would do well to teach this principle to our children.

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