Recently, my husband and I had the privilege of viewing the movie, “Lincoln.” Before we went I did my normal thing of checking the reviews on line. There were many positive reviews, but in the midst of the good comments were some not so good comments…
“He [Lincoln] was playing the slavery angle to end the war. What they are showing is how…even in those days…it was politics as usual. Yes the first hour of the movie very hard to sit through. Moving slow and boring. l thought the movie could and should have been better done. Needed more action to hold viewers’ attention.”
As I read the above comments, I was reminded of these verses in Deuteronomy.
Deut. 11:3 “They [your children] didn’t see the miraculous signs and wonders He performed in Egypt against Pharaoh and all his land.”
Deut. 11:5 “Your children didn’t see how the LORD cared for you in the wilderness”
In others words, the children were not well-informed regarding factual history. These reviews are obviously jaded and the writers are uninformed about actual history.
Children need to go to someone to find honest answers. Hopefully they can come to you.
How much have you told your children about your past? Several years ago my son-in-law was sharing his concerns with me about his son who had not yet invited Christ into his life. I asked my son-in-law if he had shared his life story with his son. “All of it?” “No of course not.”
“So, he thinks you were always a Christian. That’s quite an example to live up to.” I encouraged him to share when he became a Christian and why, skipping some details, but yet giving my grandson the truthful history.
Within two weeks, My grandson called me, saying ‘Grammie, I became a Christian tonight.”
We must not be afraid to tell the truth, being sensitive of course just how many of the details we share. Children learn from our mistakes and the mistakes of others in history. Our children may not have been ‘there,’ but God gave them to us and He wants us to use our experiences to teach our children and help them learn from our mistakes.
Victory Call 
Marilyn, I think you gave very good advice. I will certainly see to it that all my grandkids know how I came to the Lord.
Thank you, Andrea