I just love that new car smell

Mothers are great for telling and recording stories, you probably know some
stories your mother tells about you or perhaps you have some stories you can
tell about your children. Stories are important! They teach us, they mold
our character, they help us learn right from wrong and what is really
important, and they set our value system in place.

Our daughter-in-law, Mylinda, shared this short conversation with us that
she had with our 4 year old grand daughter, Allison. Mylinda said: "Tomorrow
we are going to see Geckos!" To which Allison replied: "OHHH I LOOOOVE
Geckos!" Her mom asked, "Do you know what Geckos are?" Allison's response
was: "No; what?

Another story was shared by our niece Melanie regarding her 4 year old
daughter Megan. Melanie set a bowl of cereal on the table in front of Megan.
Megan put face down to bowl of cereal and breathed deeply. She raised her
head and exclaimed, "I just love that new car smell." (Some one has been
watching too many new car commercials.)

What stories do you tell? Do you tell the ones that are really important,
the life changing stories, the soul saving stories?

Notice what we read about the importance of telling the right stories in
JOEL 1:1-3: "The LORD gave this message to Joel son of Pethuel. Hear this,
you leaders of the people. Listen, all who live in the land. In all your
history, has anything like this happened before? Tell your children about it
in the years to come, and let your children tell their children. Pass the
story down from generation to generation."

I've heard parents say, "I don't know where I went wrong with raising our
children." Most of the time I don't know either, but perhaps part of the
problem is the things we taught them about what is really important in life.
What stories have we told, of what important things have we reminded them
and planted in their hearts.

When we are old and remember the stories of our life, what stories will
stand out most, the cute things or the life changing things?

May our God lead you in telling the "Old Old story of the wonderful words of
life".

Russ Lawson