Lately, I have been using a kid's study Bible with my girls to get them thinking about the Word, rather than just hearing it. I found this Devotional Bible put out by Zonderkidz (Zondervan). It has one year of devos that you can read with your child, along with a corresponding passage of Scripture. The thing I really like about this Bible is that is takes Scripture that we ordinarily wouldn't think about reading to our kids, and puts great lessons with them. Last night as we were reading, it took us to the passage in Proverbs 6 about ants, and how they are not lazy, but store up for harvest time without having to be told. It gave a lesson that drew a parallel for the kids about not having to be told to clean their rooms a hundred times before doing it, or about doing homework without having to be asked over and over. I saw a light bulb go on in Elyse's head (she's 6) when I read that. Cleaning up their room is a huge struggle for my kids, but when a biblical analogy was presented to them, they thought a little deeper about it. Cool, huh?
I want to challenge you as a parent to not only read the Word to your kids, but find some practical applications that you can put with them so that they can better understand how this huge book is relevant to their lives. This devo Bible does a great job of that. It's written in NIrV (New International reader's Version) which is presented as being more readable and understandable for kids. This Bible will encourage Bible study, and help develop habits in your kids that they'll want to keep! Do we get it done every night? Not always, but when we do, it's valuable time with the girls as we get to go a little deeper into the Word.
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