The Pass

[Updated from original February 7, 2014 post via dexistence.com]

Stories are very powerful! When is the last time you shared one with someone? What is your favorite story?

My favorite stories are the ones my grandparents used to tell me about how things were in their neighborhood before. Like almost every place, Atlanta, Georgia used to be so much different than it is currently. So, after hearing stories of how things used to be, I have a different perspective. Drive throughout the city are different now. I can imagine the old roads and farms that used to where new roads and buildings now exist. I wish they were still here to share more stories with me.

I encourage you to tell stories often; especially to your kids. Kids LOVE stories. Most of their learning comes through observation, but when you share captivating stories you provide illuminating context to those observations. It is like giving them a passport to access history that they would not otherwise see.

So PASS! Pass, pass, pass, tell, tell, tell, and share, share, share stories – your stories and other’s stories.

“Stories over time can move us to imagine a world beyond ourselves.” -Reggie Joiner

For he issued his laws to Jacob; he gave his instructions to Israel. He commanded our ancestors to teach them to their children, so the next generation might know them— even the children not yet born— and they in turn will teach their own children.  -Psalms 78:5-6

“God commanded that the stories of his mighty acts in Israel’s history – and his laws – be passed on from parents to children. This shows the purpose and importance of religious education: to help each generation obey God and set its hope on him. It is important to keep children from repeating the same mistakes as their ancestors. What are you doing to pass on the history of God’s work to the next generation? -Life Application Study Bible

What stories will you share with the next generation? Please share them in the comments.

Until next time…