"And you must commit yourselves wholeheartedly to these commands that I am giving you today. Repeat them again and again to your children. Talk about them when you are at home and when you are on the road, when you are going to bed and when you are getting up." Deuteronomy 6:6-7
The Pachev family of Utah is currently training to be America's fastest family to complete a 5k. Eight of the 11 members recently ran the Draper Days 5k (in Crocs) finishing the 3.1 miles in an average time of 20:50, two minutes shy of the 18:50 unofficial record. The children are homeschooled and their father, Sasha Pachev, says he " considers running to be almost part of the curriculum" and that, "It isn’t unusual for him to give a math, Russian, or physics lesson to his older children on the run." Thanks to his father’s relentless teaching, the family’s oldest child, Benjamin, only 16, is set to finish his undergraduate degree in Mathematics within the year.
When it comes to educating our children, the bible tells us that the most important thing we can do is to teach them God's commands. We are to do so by talking about them at every opportunity... being relentless you could say. Whether at home or on the road (think running together or driving them to school or practice) and before bedtime and upon rising. It should be a part of our daily lives and not something discussed only at church on Sunday.
In order to instruct others though, we must first commit our lives wholeheartedly to God. When we know his Word, we will be able to speak of his commands with confidence knowing we are guiding our children down the right path. There can be no greater lesson for parent or child.
Heavenly Father, thank you for your Word that instructs us how to live a life focused on you. May we strive to learn more ourselves everyday that we might teach our children your commands. Help us to be the parents you have commanded us to be. It's in your precious name we pray, Jesus. Amen.
Happy Running!!!
I am a Child of God
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