Daily Devotional for November 27, 2017
Over and Over
“What’s all that material for, Mom?” Nyla asked when she and Emani got home from school. “And what are these little frame things?”
“Your grandma needs some hot pads, so I thought maybe you and Emani could make some for her birthday,” Mom replied. “These frame things are little hand looms. I’ll show you how to make hot pads with these strips of material.”
“Oh, I know how to do that!” said Nyla. “I learned at scout club.” And when they started making hot pads a little later, she insisted that she didn’t need any help, so Mom turned her attention to Emani.
Emani watched carefully as Mom showed her what to do. First, she fitted a neat row of red loops between two sides of the loom. Then she used a hook to start blue rows going the opposite way. Emani followed Mom’s directions, checking with her every now and then to make sure she was getting it right.
“How are you doing, Nyla?” Mom asked after a while.
Nyla sighed. “I thought I knew how to do this, but it isn’t turning out right. I’m going to take this apart and start over.” When Nyla was ready to start again, Mom showed her what she needed to do.
That night, Mom suggested they all read a Bible story together before bed. “Oh, Mom,” Nyla said, “Can’t we read something else? I know all those stories already.”
“I’m sure you know a lot of them,” said Mom, “but it’s good to hear them over and over. God has new things to teach us every time we read His Word, and the more we read it, the more we learn about Jesus and how to live as God’s children.”
“I guess it’s like the hot pads,” Nyla said. “I learned how to make them before, but I’d forgotten a lot of the details, so I needed you to help me do it.”
“Right,” said Mom, “and when we read God’s Word, the Holy Spirit helps us understand what it says and put it into practice.” She picked up Nyla’s Bible. “Let’s read a Bible story together, and then we can read another one of your books before you turn out the lights.” – Margaret M. Primrose
How about you?
Do you think you know everything the Bible has to say? It tells us everything we need to know about who God is and what He’s done for us, and there’s always more for us to learn from it—even from verses and stories we’ve heard over and over. So keep reading it, and depend on the Holy Spirit to help you understand it and do what it says.
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