Children Obey Your Parents

The other day when Toots was smarting off to her dad and misbehaving, I decided to try another way of correction. I asked her to bring to me my Bible and together we looked up the verses that say, "Children obey your parents in the Lord for this is right. Honor your father and mother--which is the first commandment with a promise--so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you." Eph. 6:1-3 Well, it made an impression. She apologized and was better behaved. Later when we had to refer to it again, she brought her little testament to me so she could highlight it in yellow. It wasn't long before she could quote most of it. Yesterday I heard her quoting it to her Papa and finishing by saying, "So you may live happily ever after."