Looking for God

I love the commercials that you see where an adult is an everyday setting e.g. the grocery store and they are making a total fool of them selves. The grocery store commercial starts out with a woman saying the names of the items in the produce section. The camera pans down and reveals a small child in the grocery basket. We all nod our heads knowingly at the brilliance of how this commercial conveyed it's message. Use all opportunities to teach children.
Hey guess what!? That same idea was described many years ago by Moses in Deuteronomy 6:5-9. We as Christian parents should take any opportunity to teach our children God's truths. But, are we looking for them or do we just expect the children's ministries in our church to do that for us. We take our child to the grocery store and teach colors and names of produce but do we teach them who created the produce and what day of creation it was created on? Do we look at a thunder storm and the rain while we are safe in our house and talk with our children about how God keeps us safe through difficult times. We talk to children about how important it is to take care of the pet,but do we talk about how God takes care of us no matter what. We talk about how our children must do their part in the home, but do we take that opportunity to compare that to the importance of being a functioning part of your church family.
We get so caught up in making sure our children a re successful by the worlds standards that we forget to teach them to be successful Christians. It is sooo funny that we will repeat over and over again the ABC's to a child, but not a Bible verse. I hear all the time "I taught my little sweetie to say the whole alphabet" I very seldom hear " I taught my little sweetie a truth from the Bible" We have to balance the two. Look for something everyday to teach your wonderful gifts from God. Of course that means that WE have to be looking for God.