| The Joy of Service |
Chapter 15 |
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Suppose that Jesus Christ were a guest in your home, not for the night merely, but an abiding guest; how would it affect your home life? What would be the influence of that loving presence on the spirit, the conduct, the speech, of the household?
How would it affect you parents in the training of your children? Jesus would not interfere with your family government. That is the way some good people do harm when they are guests in a home. They give too much advice. They have too many criticisms to make, too many suggestions to give. Without meaning it or being aware of it, they interfere with the home life – a sacred matter in which no stranger, no closest friend should ever intermeddle. But Jesus would not do so. He would be your children’s best friend. He would be interested in all their life – in their studies, their play, their books, their companionships. His holiness would not be of the kind to make them afraid of Him, or to lay the slightest restraint on their innocent pleasure. He would be ready also to talk with you about your children. But He would never meddle with your family government and discipline.
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