Abigail Snelling starts a Sunday School at Ft. Snelling for the children.*

Lord, thanks that You love children. Thanks for the curiosity of the children of Minnesota. May we not fail to teach them the Bible, or introduce Jesus as ‘the Living Word’ of God. Thank you for the legacy of freedom we have in Minnesota because of Jesus!!!

Is this an over statement? Do we have an inheritance of liberty if the culture of our state has chosen to follow the example of Christ? I think it would be a great study for the scholars.

What happens to a culture that cherishes the primary teachings of Christ? Would they not highly value the virtue of love? Imagine a place committed to overlooking offenses, and forgiving its enemies! What if children believed that they were made in the image of a good God that treasured them? What new vistas would we reach if we remained humble and teachable as Christ did?

I may be considered a lightweight for the following statement, but Whitney Houston had it right! We are limited in so many ways because we don’t know and accept ourselves. We are insecure and have to prove the validity of our position, not caring about who we damage. Sorry Jesus, and Whitney, we haven’t learned the “Greatest Love of All.”

*Note – PrayThroughHistory uses the timeline located for several years at the Minnesota Historical Society Web site, at this URL: mnhs.org/about/dipity_timeline.htm .  The current URL is http://www.dipity.com/Minnesota/History/Minnesota-History/ and only works if typed, not pasted, in browser. It is worth the effort!