November 7, 2022 • 7 mins
Our children are the living messages we send to a time we may or may not see. I’m the living message my mother sent to the generation I’m called to and my children are the living message I’m teaching and sending to the generation they’re called to.
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(00:10):
Welcome to the barber cast podcast.
I am your host,
Naomi K thank you for listening.
Train up a child in the way he should go and when he is old he will not depart from it.
Before my third son was conceived I came across a quote by J.
W.
Whitehead and it says Children are the living messages we send to a time we will not see.
(00:36):
After reading the quote I allow the words to settle up on my heart a little bit before re posting the quote throughout several of my social media accounts.
Then I read it again because the quote had a lot of depth to it and some truth because the events that happened that morning with my kids proved it first.
I caught my oldest son standing in front of the television for the ninth time.
(01:01):
I had already chastised him several times for doing so that morning warning him that standing too close to the Tv wasn't good for his eyes.
Consequently after the ninth time I found myself verbally reprimanding him with words I heard my mother say to me as a child which were probably words she heard her mother say to her,
(01:23):
I laughed for a bit and then I pondered on the quote that I had just read the words I chose to reprimand my son with weren't bad but I was intrigued by their originality.
Maybe that serves as proof of Whitehead's assertion at any rate that day started out as just your normal Wednesday in the Kellogg home and with the exception of the boys feeling a little bit under weather.
(01:45):
We went through our normal scheme of things as we normally do.
I fixed breakfast,
fed the kids cleaned them up and started them on their schoolwork on Wednesdays.
Our home school has a focus on reading and language arts.
We go hard for about two hours and then I allow the boys a break for snack time after that it's off to Nashville so I could get some work done around the house.
(02:11):
I try to keep the boys on the same routine every day so I can balance their care,
school work,
domestic work and business without feeling overwhelmed and the school subjects change on a daily basis.
But for the most part everything else stays the same.
At any rate something unexpected happened this day after naptime I served the kids lunch and a small treat.
(02:35):
They finished and got up from the table as they usually do and went to go play with their toys.
I trailed behind them into the living room so I could clean their face and hands a little bit more.
Well we get into the living room and not even seconds after leaning over to sit the pack of handy wipes down.
I hear a voice say look over I look over at my kids and my 18 month old was standing holding his throat breathless and choking on his own vomit he started frantically running in place trying to get a word out.
(03:06):
So immediately I jumped into action and did exactly what every frantic mother would do in this situation.
I ran over to him,
snatched him up,
leaned his body face forward over my arm and began to give him strong pats on the back.
Nothing happened.
There wasn't a gasp of air,
he didn't take a breath,
(03:27):
nothing.
His body was flailing about in my arms like a fish.
So I made a desperate move with tears in my eyes,
I gave him another heart pat on his back and as I did so I screamed out in the name of jesus and without missing a beat,
my three year old ran over to us and said Amen!
I was so taken back by his immediate agreement.
(03:50):
I repeated the words a few more times just to hear him say Amen!
For a few seconds we held that rhythm and while this is happening,
my 18 month old had stopped flailing in my arms,
He took a big gasp of air and released all the vomit that was lodged in his throat.
I know that sounds gross,
but that gross scary moment was also a moment for me to be a proud parent,
(04:15):
a grateful proud parent,
Let me tell you why While growing up,
I used to hear older wiser individuals close to me saying that if you want good things to come out of a child when they get older you better teach it to them when they're babies.
I didn't expect it to come out of the mouth of my three year old,
my husband and I read the bible to our boys share bible stories with them and teach them bedtime prayers.
(04:40):
Honestly I didn't expect them to understand who and what we were referring to until they got a little older.
But here's the evidence that they do get it.
My babies have been listening intently to how we share the word of God with them and how we prayed.
My three year old had no worries about his brother because he knew that the words in the name of jesus actually worked because he had heard it and all of the stories we read and shared with him and his brother,
(05:10):
which is why he kept repeating the words amen with assurance.
He knew that God was going to save his brother because mommy called on jesus to do it.
The irony is his mommy did exactly what I saw my mother do when I was a child.
There's a popular phrase that says sometimes I open my mouth and my mother comes out.
(05:34):
I believe that's what the author meant when he said Children are the living messages we send to a time we may not see recently my mom moved on from this life to rest.
I'm teaching my Children the same messages of hope.
My mother taught me,
I'm teaching them how to pray the way my mother taught me and it wasn't necessarily lessons,
(05:59):
it was her lifestyle,
her life of worship.
I remember being a teenager and having to get up at six a.m. In the morning to get ready for school and hearing my mom in her bedroom or in the living room at four a.m. In the morning in full prayer,
warrior mode.
Then I'd hear pages turning because she had her bible and all of her study books open,
(06:21):
studying the word of God because I saw this type of behavior keep my mother close to God,
I keep the same routine today.
And what's so amazing is that although my mother encouraged her Children to have the same deep relationship with God,
she never said do it her way.
However,
her way worked and it sent a message to me that this is how you build and sustain a life of worship that keeps you in a relationship with God.
(06:52):
Our Children are the living messages we send to a time we may or may not see I'm the living message my mother sent for the generation I'm called to and my Children are the living message I'm teaching and sending to the generation they're called to the end result is reaching souls with the message of salvation to build the kingdom of God.
(07:19):
It is nothing short of a blessing how moments like these come along to remind you that you are doing a great job and that the messages that the Lord has given you to share with your Children and to impart in their lives are being heard.
God is so awesome,
thank you for listening.
Welcome to the barber cast podcast.
I am your host,
Naomi K thank you for listening.
Train up a child in the way he should go and when he is old he will not depart from it.
Before my third son was conceived I came across a quote by J.
W.
Whitehead and it says Children are the living messages we send to a time we will not see.
(00:36):
After reading the quote I allow the words to settle up on my heart a little bit before re posting the quote throughout several of my social media accounts.
Then I read it again because the quote had a lot of depth to it and some truth because the events that happened that morning with my kids proved it first.
I caught my oldest son standing in front of the television for the ninth time.
(01:01):
I had already chastised him several times for doing so that morning warning him that standing too close to the Tv wasn't good for his eyes.
Consequently after the ninth time I found myself verbally reprimanding him with words I heard my mother say to me as a child which were probably words she heard her mother say to her,
(01:23):
I laughed for a bit and then I pondered on the quote that I had just read the words I chose to reprimand my son with weren't bad but I was intrigued by their originality.
Maybe that serves as proof of Whitehead's assertion at any rate that day started out as just your normal Wednesday in the Kellogg home and with the exception of the boys feeling a little bit under weather.
(01:45):
We went through our normal scheme of things as we normally do.
I fixed breakfast,
fed the kids cleaned them up and started them on their schoolwork on Wednesdays.
Our home school has a focus on reading and language arts.
We go hard for about two hours and then I allow the boys a break for snack time after that it's off to Nashville so I could get some work done around the house.
(02:11):
I try to keep the boys on the same routine every day so I can balance their care,
school work,
domestic work and business without feeling overwhelmed and the school subjects change on a daily basis.
But for the most part everything else stays the same.
At any rate something unexpected happened this day after naptime I served the kids lunch and a small treat.
(02:35):
They finished and got up from the table as they usually do and went to go play with their toys.
I trailed behind them into the living room so I could clean their face and hands a little bit more.
Well we get into the living room and not even seconds after leaning over to sit the pack of handy wipes down.
I hear a voice say look over I look over at my kids and my 18 month old was standing holding his throat breathless and choking on his own vomit he started frantically running in place trying to get a word out.
(03:06):
So immediately I jumped into action and did exactly what every frantic mother would do in this situation.
I ran over to him,
snatched him up,
leaned his body face forward over my arm and began to give him strong pats on the back.
Nothing happened.
There wasn't a gasp of air,
he didn't take a breath,
(03:27):
nothing.
His body was flailing about in my arms like a fish.
So I made a desperate move with tears in my eyes,
I gave him another heart pat on his back and as I did so I screamed out in the name of jesus and without missing a beat,
my three year old ran over to us and said Amen!
I was so taken back by his immediate agreement.
(03:50):
I repeated the words a few more times just to hear him say Amen!
For a few seconds we held that rhythm and while this is happening,
my 18 month old had stopped flailing in my arms,
He took a big gasp of air and released all the vomit that was lodged in his throat.
I know that sounds gross,
but that gross scary moment was also a moment for me to be a proud parent,
(04:15):
a grateful proud parent,
Let me tell you why While growing up,
I used to hear older wiser individuals close to me saying that if you want good things to come out of a child when they get older you better teach it to them when they're babies.
I didn't expect it to come out of the mouth of my three year old,
my husband and I read the bible to our boys share bible stories with them and teach them bedtime prayers.
(04:40):
Honestly I didn't expect them to understand who and what we were referring to until they got a little older.
But here's the evidence that they do get it.
My babies have been listening intently to how we share the word of God with them and how we prayed.
My three year old had no worries about his brother because he knew that the words in the name of jesus actually worked because he had heard it and all of the stories we read and shared with him and his brother,
(05:10):
which is why he kept repeating the words amen with assurance.
He knew that God was going to save his brother because mommy called on jesus to do it.
The irony is his mommy did exactly what I saw my mother do when I was a child.
There's a popular phrase that says sometimes I open my mouth and my mother comes out.
(05:34):
I believe that's what the author meant when he said Children are the living messages we send to a time we may not see recently my mom moved on from this life to rest.
I'm teaching my Children the same messages of hope.
My mother taught me,
I'm teaching them how to pray the way my mother taught me and it wasn't necessarily lessons,
(05:59):
it was her lifestyle,
her life of worship.
I remember being a teenager and having to get up at six a.m. In the morning to get ready for school and hearing my mom in her bedroom or in the living room at four a.m. In the morning in full prayer,
warrior mode.
Then I'd hear pages turning because she had her bible and all of her study books open,
(06:21):
studying the word of God because I saw this type of behavior keep my mother close to God,
I keep the same routine today.
And what's so amazing is that although my mother encouraged her Children to have the same deep relationship with God,
she never said do it her way.
However,
her way worked and it sent a message to me that this is how you build and sustain a life of worship that keeps you in a relationship with God.
(06:52):
Our Children are the living messages we send to a time we may or may not see I'm the living message my mother sent for the generation I'm called to and my Children are the living message I'm teaching and sending to the generation they're called to the end result is reaching souls with the message of salvation to build the kingdom of God.
(07:19):
It is nothing short of a blessing how moments like these come along to remind you that you are doing a great job and that the messages that the Lord has given you to share with your Children and to impart in their lives are being heard.
God is so awesome,
thank you for listening.
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