What Do I Want My Grandchildren To Learn? (These are a few of my favorite things...)

I love history.  I  haven't always love history, and in fact, found it quite boring until the Living Lord awakened me and began to show me what all He has done in history.  Then I sat up and took notice.  It was interesting. It was consuming.  It was all about Him.  It still is.  I want my children, grandchildren and all people to learn about the wonders of the Lord in the history of the world, and most especially what He has done here in our great country.

My youngest grandchildren are Jack, about to be age 10, Anlynn, age 9, and Sam, about to be 8.  I've been very blessed to be able to spend a lot of time with them, and it's one of the greatest joys of my life.  I love to read to them and I choose very carefully the stories that teach timeless truths that will be interesting to them. I'm so thankful for what I've learned over the years that I can share frequently in a very natural way as I build a foundation for further learning.  It's not for better grades in school for them but for being better fitted for life. It's a priority for me.  I consider it a privilege, a pleasure, and a calling.  There's so much I don't know, but what I have learned, I give to them as the opportunities arise.

Lately we've been crazy about a new card game called, "The Explorers", played like "Go Fish" but with about a dozen famous explorers to match up.  It's been amazing the great history they're learning in the course of playing this exciting and sometimes boisterous card game! ( as they act out some of the daring deeds of these great men!)  I'm very repetitive about the explorers backgrounds and achievements, but add on new information as we go.  The cards themselves have some info, too, so anyone can use these and benefit from them.

What a blessing it's been!  To me, sharing history is a way of honoring God and those who've gone before us that have left us so much to appreciate and emulate.  We can't do that unless we know of it.  St. Augustine once said, "What we don't know, we don't appreciate.  What we don't appreciate, we discard."   Let's turn that around:  We and our posterity will not discard our country's history because we fully appreciate it, knowing it well.  I love history.