This is a blog that I have created for my 5 grandchildren. I have a daily Scripture verse or two along with comments and questions. Hope this encourages young people to read in their Bible every day and to meditate on God's Word.
Saturday, January 15, 2011
Read Psalms 19: 14 This verse tells us that the Lord is our strength and our redeemer. Redeemer means someone who buys something back. There was once a little boy who made a little wooden boat. He loved his little boat and liked to sail it out on the river. But then one day, the current was too strong and the little boat got away from him and was swept downstream on the river and lost. The boy was so sad. He loved his little boat. About a week later he was walking in the nearby village and saw his boat in a store window. He let out a cry of joy and ran inside and picked up his boat. But as he started to walk out of the store with his boat, the shopkeeper stopped him. "That's my boat," the shopkeeper said. "I bought it from someone who found it on the river. If you want it, you'll have to pay me for it." The boy was so sad. He wanted his little boat back, but he didn't have any money. Soon he thought of a plan. He worked around his neighborhood doing jobs for money. Finally he made enough money to buy his little boat back. The boy went to the store in the village and bought his boat from the shopkeeper. As he walked out hugging his little boat, he said, "Little boat, you are mine twice. You are mine once because I made you and now you are mine a second time because I bought you!" The little boy had redeemed his boat from the shopkeeper. The Lord is our Redeemer! We are twice His! In the beginning because He made us and we were His. But then after we sinned Jesus died for us on the cross and bought us - He redeemed us from sin. We belong to God twice!
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