I'll stop reading my bible then!

At Sabbath School, Janice taught the kids a song that says

“Read your Bible pray every day and you’ll grow…grow…grow.

And you’ll grow…grow…grow

And you’ll grow…grow…grow

Read your Bible, pray everyday and you’ll grow…grow…grow

November 25, 2011

(At the start of the song you are crouched down and then each time you say “grow” you stand up a little more.)

Then, you sing:

“Neglect your Bible, forget to pray…forget to pray…forget to pray..

Neglect your Bible, forget to pray and you’ll shrink…shrink…shrink….

(Then you start squatting back down).

The other night as I was putting the children to bed Orion and I got into a little power struggle. I forget what it was that caused a tantrum but I said to Orion, “You’re almost four. You’re a big boy now. You need to stop responding that way when you don’t get what you want.”  Then he says, “Then I’ll just stop reading the Bible”. I was thinking, “Where did that come from? I don’t get it.” Then he adds, “If I stop reading the Bible I’ll shrink.” I had to laugh at that. Such a simple mind. It was kind of hard to explain that the song means you’ll shrink spiritually. I told him, “Orion, when you stop reading the Bible you might be four but you’ll act like a two year old. Reading the Bible helps you act like how old you are. “

By partaking of this Word, our spiritual strength is increased; we grow in grace and in a knowledge of the truth. Habits of self-control are formed and strengthened. The infirmities of childhood–fretfulness, willfulness, selfishness, hasty words, passionate acts–disappear, and in their place are developed the graces of Christian manhood and womanhood.  {CG 505.3}