Day Six: 2nd John

Welcome to Wednesday! I don’t know about your family, but for us Wednesday is always a pretty busy day, especially in the evenings when I normally wrap up my book of the day and write the blog post. So I wanted to make sure that I wasn’t rushing through the reading, or worse forgetting to do it!

2nd John is a neat book of only 13 verses. John is writing to “the chosen lady and to her children”, and he encourages her to do the same thing he laid out in 1st John- love one another. He also warns to be wary of those who teach that Jesus didn’t come in a real physical body- this a false doctrine and instead cling to the truth.

But my favorite verse was verse 4. It says:

“How happy I was to meet some of your children and find them living according to the truth, just as the Father commanded.”

I love it because this is the goal for me as a parent. Yes, I want my kids to be healthy, happy and safe. But even more I want them to know Jesus and to follow Him. I want them to find what God has called them to do and then go out and do it.

Even if that takes them to a place where I can’t see them daily, or where they might be in physical danger. Even if it’s my basement as they raise money for whatever God has appointed them to do. Even if I never see them married, or have grandchildren I want my kids to love God and obey Him.

In Christ,

Karen