Share a lesson you wish you had learned earlier in life.
In the seventies, the best example I had was watching a Billy Graham crusade once in a while. Even though his preaching was great, I think my life would’ve turned out much better if my family had taught me how to follow Jesus. I’m not saying that they fell short but they kinda did. We went to church occasionally but I rarely saw my grandparents reading the Bible. I don’t recall my mother reading the Bible much either. She read some devotional literature like Open Windows but other than taking the Bible to church when we went, I never saw any of them actually reading the Bible much.
My grandmother said she had to memorize the 100th Psalm for school and later in his life, I saw my grandfather reading the Bible and studying it…but Bible study was never emphasized as a way to get to know Jesus as my Savior. I didn’t begin to do that until I was married and had a son, then I was doing it because I knew I needed to be a good example for him.
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