Here is today’s Bible reading: Judges 13:1-14:20; John 1:29-51; Psalm 102:1-28; Proverbs 14:15-16.
Judges 13:8 (NIV)
Then Manoah prayed to the Lord: “O Lord, I beg you, let the man of God you sent to us come again to teach us how to bring up the boy who is to be born.”
How I echo this prayer, especially as my kids become teenagers. “God, we beg you, teach us how to bring up our children.” God answered Manoah’s prayer, and He will answer ours. One thing I am learning is that I need to pray more for my kids and seek to control them less. What are you learning?
Like the Apostle Paul, I want more than anything to know Christ (Phil. 3:10). I do not want to simply know about Him. I want to know Him-- personally, intimately, and experientially. It is not enough for me to hear about Him. I want to see Him with my own eyes.
With My Own Eyes 
Joanne Walker
May 1, 2012 at 6:57 pm
A lesson to be learned in many areas of life.