Can others see why we are celebrating as we mark special holidays? Join Michael Farris and Noel Piper as they discuss her book, Treasuring God in Our Traditions, on today's Home School Heartbeat.
Mike Smith:
Once referred to as holy days, Christmas and Easter seem like obvious opportunities for us to treasure God. But with commercialism swirling around us, Noel, how can we make our celebrations overflow with our love for God?
Noel Piper:
"Holy days" is where we get the word "holidays," and so I think that's important to look back, as you mentioned it—"holy days." They are the markers of the most important things that God's done in our lives. So we pull out all of the books that we have that have anything to do with that time, we try to learn songs together, we pretty much stay away from stores and malls as much as we can (where other people are forming the agenda for the season) and talk about what God has done. Maybe we have special centerpieces on the table at home, special devotional times together, that will help us think toward what it is we will be celebrating at Christmas, or we will be celebrating at Easter, to really let our words be filled with God and not shaped by the fairytales of the culture around us.
Mike:
Noel, I want to thank you so much for the reminder to really focus on God and his holiness and what he's done for us in the midst of our family life and in the midst of the world that swirls around us. I'm Mike Farris.
To find out how you can order Treasuring God in Our Traditions, visit our website at homeschoolheartbeat.com. Or call 866-338-8614.
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Only God can bequeath God to our children. Only God can give our children a taste for his sweetness and awaken them to his worth. But he uses human means to do so—God-centered traditions, Bible-saturated family patterns, and grace-laden heirlooms. Year in and year out, traditions show your children that God is our treasure. In this book, Noel Piper opens her home to you, sharing biblically-rooted insights from her more than 30 years of marriage and child rearing. Come with her and enjoy this glimpse into how your family can learn to treasure God through traditions. Hardcover, 114 pages.
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