Big white letters on a dark background. It is very difficult to miss this ad ( I have seen it at least twice) in the local paper: “LEAVE BIG FOOTPRINTS FOR YOUR CHILDREN TO FOLLOW.” It also says in  smaller print: “Be the greatest leader in their lives.” –  “Build a clear pathway to the future.”

How can you be the greatest leader in the lives of your children? How can you build a clear pathway to the future?

In his first letter to the Corinthians the apostel Paul says in chapter eleven in verse one: ” FOLLOW MY EXAMPLE , AS I FOLLOW THE EXAMPLE OF CHRIST.” First Corinthians 11:1

Follow the example of Christ!

Then you are the greatest leader in the lives of your children. Then you are building a clear pathway for your children to follow, a pathway that reaches into eternity. Leave big footprints for your children to follow by teaching them the Word of the Living God and taking them to a church where the Word of God is proclaimed in the power of the Holy Spirit.

The ad has two more exhortations, namely: “Do what you say you are going to do.” –  “Live with integrity.”

I personally do not like people who say something and don’t do it. I have also learned, not to promise anything any more. I think it was a shop assistant I knew very well who told me long ago that his boss was looking for a person with integrity when he hired him.