Thursday, March 10
Deuteronomy 7:6-11
Psalm 37
Titus 1:1-16
John 1:29-34
Titus 1:1-16
children must be believers and not
have the reputation of being wild or disobedient
Titus was a Gentile convert to Christianity, who had been chosen by Paul to supervise the work of the church in Crete. Paul expected Titus to chose church leaders who are of high character because someone in charge of God’s work should be “without fault.” His children, and wife, must also be of high character. How hard it must of been for Titus to find Crete Church leaders for all of us mere mortals have faults.
I could not have been a church leader in the early church as I have many faults and while my children did not have a reputation of being wild they certainly were disobedient at times. Parents agonize over their children, and we often blame ourselves for their bad behavior. Parents, cut yourself some slack, we don’t always measure up but we have our moments.
My husband and I went on a near perfect trip on our 50th wedding anniversary. It was a cruise to Alaska. The plane ride to the port of departure was smooth, the boat was beautiful, our cabin was fantastic, the scenery was awesome, and the food delicious. The best part was that the trip was given to us by our six children and that our daughter took the time from her very busy life to plan a perfect trip for her not so perfect parents. Our children can truly be a blessing.
Susan Montgomery