“It’s not our job to raise doctors, dentists, schoolteachers, homemakers, mechanics, entertainers, and so forth. It is our job to raise children who give their lives to God and commit their lives in service to Him.” ~ Billy Graham
Billy Graham, Living a Legacy (Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 2007), 6.
I couldn’t agree more. You can raise a doctor that finds a cure for AIDS or ALS, but if that child dies in their sins and doesn’t serve God, how is that going to fare with the Most High?
The report card of eternal life isn’t going score well based on worldly accomplishments without God as the focus.
Mark 9:41-42 – 41I tell you the truth, anyone who gives you a cup of water in my name because you belong to Christ will certainly not lose his reward.
42“And if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to be thrown into the sea with a large millstone tied around his neck.
Christ first, worldly plans second. Not a bad way for all of us to start from this day forward.