Welcome to the best day of the week.....Tuesday!!! Welcome also to this week's edition of Tuesday's Musical Notes!!! Many are getting ready for school so how about a brief history lesson! Tuesday's Musical Notes started as a newsletter article for Trinity Baptist Church (tbcsearcy.org). It then morphed into a weekly email to basically everyone in my address book who would read it. At the suggestion of one of my friends (thanks Heath!!!), Tuesday's Musical Notes added the blog format you can read today at
Since that time The Notes has be viewed over 1800 times by people all
over the world! Thank you so much for your support!! In the coming
weeks The Notes would like to feature some those original newsletter
articles. The electronic format greatly expands the ability to enhance
these articles. Without further ado....Tuesday's Musical Notes!!!!
The Bible says in Proverbs
22:6 - “Train children to live the right way,
and when they are old, they will not stray from it. This Proverb emotes the question “What is the right way to
live?” and “How do I teach the right way to live?” The answers to both of these
questions are never easy, but I think with some prayer, patience, and
occasionally some pathological intensity, the right way can be discovered by
both child as well as the parent.
According to a University of Illinois extension service
article “Helping Children Succeed in School” (http://urbanext.illinois.edu/
Let's face it, learning never stops. Even in the most routine processes of our
day, we learn things. Don't wear a white
shirt when eating something greasy, do show up to work on time, painting the living room when the 3 year old
is awake doesn't work, insert your own commonplace thing that you have learned
recently in the blank________________________________________.
Some have said that
learning stops when we die. The Notes tends to disagree with this statement. Learning only stops in the context of our earthly existence, however, I think heaven is a place where
the learning curve is a straight line up.
Let's get back to our questions. “What is the right way to live?” The answer is found in the Bible . Right ways never change with the politics. They never become unstable in the light of
public opinion. Right ways do not adjust based on the latest polling information. The right ways are
always based on foundations and principles that God teaches us through the
Bible. They are rock solid and immovable.
When children learn from parents, they utilize all of the types
of learning noted in the above article. Stay home from church, your
children see it. Yell at your spouse,
your children hear it. Sing in the Worship Team at church, they
both see and hear it. They may not always replicate your right way or
wrong way, but they certainly take the time to process and evaluate it
for their own lives. Even at young ages, children can begin seeing
trends in their family dynamics and behave accordingly. This hasn't
changed in 43 years....
In 1970, the United States was involved in the unpopular war in Viet Nam and protests around the country were abundant. Folk music was in and became the sounding board for many of the protestors. One of the biggest
bands supporting Folk music and the protests were Crosby, Stills, & Nash (and occasionally Young). One of the bands top hits on the Deja Vu
album was “Teach Your Children”. Graham
Nash wrote the song while he was with the Hollies, but never recorded it with
them. It was a protest song about how we
should be careful with our children because they learn from the things we
do. It was inspired by this photograph which is entitled:
"Child With Toy Hand Grenade in Central Park."
The song peaked at #16 in Billboard's Hot 100 upon release. It helped to propel the Deja Vu album to #14 in the year ending chart. In 2003, Rolling Stone listed Deja Vu at #148 on its list of the 500 Greatest Albums of all time. VH1 would rate the album the 61st greatest album of all time.
As
many schools are on the upswing to begin their new school year, please
take a moment to pray for the incredible administrators and "management"
team of your school. Equally important is to take some time to pray
for so many of the phenomenal teachers that have the responsibility of
partnering with you in teaching your children well. Last but certainly
not least, pray that your students will respect those who are
accountable for their education and will strive for excellence with all
that they attempt this year. Pray also for those Christians,
administrators, teachers and students, who will be engaging the enemy in
a dark place. Thanks to the School districts, private and public, as
well as those home educators in our area who continue to hold our
students to high standards of educational aptitude and moral
excellence. We are praying for you all!
Our actions have a causal relationship with our children's
future. That can be a big time
responsibility for parents and teachers. It is much
easier to live up to that responsibility and teach them the right way if we both use
the Bible as their guide. But please remember, God gave your children to you. They are ultimately your responsibility. So get up and
take your family to church, even when you don't feel like it. Respect and
love your spouse, even when it is
difficult. Resist doing bad things and
you will be well on the way to teaching your children well........and know they
love you.
'Til Tuesday,
Serving HIM by serving you,
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