Spending my days with my little son is the best thing ever. When he’s not schooling me on John Deere tractors and a three-point hitch, I’m showing him the tree where his bucketful of acorns came from, telling him why the moon is “gone” during the day, and helping him to learn how to carefully turn the paper pages of library books. We may finally have learned not to spit at strangers just because you’re nervous (yes, for real), but we’re still learning to share toys, pick up toys, and only throw toys that are meant to be thrown. And…what good opportunities to teach gospel-based doctrine to our toddler.
At 2 years old, he is learning the ropes of life — he’s exploring God’s world and the way God set things up to “tick,” so to speak. My husband and I are asking God for wisdom to use this time in our son’s life to point him continually to Christ and plant the seeds of the gospel in his heart. We pray that, like Timothy from the Bible, our son would from childhood know the Holy Scriptures which are able to make him wise for salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus (2 Timothy 3:15). At this age, though, teaching our son the scriptures does not involve a lot of formal education.
So, what doctrines are we teaching our 2-year-old during these days filled with potty-training, mealtimes, and lots of play? Our prayer and goal is to teach him the gospel.…
