NEAR TO YOUR SIDE
I read this beautiful promise the other day in Psalm 47:13: “For he strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee.”God’s blessing is on our young children when they are protected within our walls. He wants our children protected. I was amazed to realize what the word “within” truly means. It is “qereb” meaning “the nearest part, in the center, the inward part, the inward thought.” David used the same word when he said: “I will walk WITHIN my house with a perfect heart” (Psalm 101:7). He used it again when he exclaimed: “O Bless the Lord, O my soul and all that is WITHIN me.”
It is a picture of having our children near us, in the center of the home. They are not pushed away into daycare or even the public school system to be taught by teachers we don’t even know! What is their character? What are they teaching? We are now aware that they are adamantly encouraging the mutilation of children’s bodies to the opposite sex. In this time of history, we must be more protective than we have ever been.
Keep your precious children NEAR to your heart and NEAR to your side.
Love from Nancy Campbell
Painting by Joe Bowler
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