Only be careful, and watch yourselves closely so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen or let them slip from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and to their children after them.
[Deuteronomy 4:9 NIV]
Jonathan Butler shares how he raises his children. He talks about the importance of the kitchen table, praying and talking with his family.
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JONATHON BUTLER: Well basically I think, um, the kitchen table in my opinion is the bible, is where the bible exists in my faith—in my home. Um, I think the kitchen table must never be ignored and I think that’s where you really break bread, that’s where you talk.
And thank God for my children. We have a very open—my children were raised to be free speakers, free thinkers and if they have questions we talk about them. And one of the things that we do as a family—and this is why I God actually led me to this year in ’07 was to, um—whenever you face—whatever we face in Christ as a family God directs me to really bring the family together and pray and talk, you know, because they’re—we have to realize there’s a hedge of protection around us.
And so I think it’s very rightful that we always draw near to each other and talk about things, pray about stuff. You know they out there in the word. It was a different time when I was a child.
For kids today it’s a lot more severe what’s going on in schools. As in a couple of days ago they was studying three kids who was killed you know and the troublesome kid had problems in his life.
And I think it’s important as families that you sit at the table and eat together, pray together, talk about the Lord, talk about what’s going on in their lives you know.
And that’s what we do and it’s—becomes—it’s a way of life for us. It’s not like we have to do it on Easter, we have to do it Thanksgiving. Now, you know, let’s talk openly about Thanksgiving. No. It’s every day. It’s like we really interact with each other you know.
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