How To Get A Kid’s Attention
Dads know that it’s hard to get a son’s attention. Phones hijack relationships. We scroll rather than talk about stuff that matters.
Driving home from work one afternoon, I prayed about my son’s future. I’m a dad. Worry in the presence of God is what parents do best.
Immediately my phone lit up. It was my son. “Dad, does that offer to go to Israel still stand?” I gulped. I had tickets for my son-in-law and me.
I didn’t have money left for a third ticket to Israel. But I heard myself say, “Sure, I’ll take you to Israel.”
I can’t remember where the money came from, but I’ll never forget that trip.
Okay, for the first part of the tour, my son didn’t look that interested in sites where Bible heroes walked. Then someone said, “Your kid is at the back of the line explaining from the Bible what happened here. He sure knows a lot.”
On a 106-degree day, my son, my son-in-law, and I all floated in the Dead Sea. This picture is worth more than the cost of the trip.
I took my son-in-law to Nazareth to the spot where, two years before, I prayed with my daughter for her future husband.
In Israel, it’s real. Kids can do more than read a book. They can walk onto the set of the Bible. They can shake sand from their shoes that the disciples cleaned out from their sandals.
I’ve taken all my family to Israel multiple times. When my kids read the Bible, Israel is all they talk about.
When my kids tell Bible stories to their kids, they sound like people who walked with Jesus in the land.
How much more time do you have left with your son or daughter? After climbing a mountain Jesus climbed, your next conversation over a cool drink will last forever.
