Bu Pa Man, Zhi Pa Zhan

Josiah was a child-king who later as a teen brought about a nation-wide reformation and saved the people from God's judgement. His dad was an infamous king who provoked God. Back then, the holy scriptures were buried somewhere in the ruins.

Without a postitive role model and access to God's word, how did this child learn to do "what was right in the eyes of the LORD". Who caused this child to "seek the God of his father David"?

Lately, my children's QT have become s-l-u-g-g-i-s-h again. I'm assured that even when I fail to keep up with their spiritual disciplines, the Counsellor, never stops guiding my children, just as He did with Josiah.

That is no excuse for me though. So parents, let's keep up the thanksgiving, bible stories and prayers with our children. Chinese idiom "bu pa man, zhi pa zhan" (directly translation: not scared slow, scared stationary). Tee hee. You know what I mean. :P

- Dara