Monday, August 28, 2000
Monday, August 28, 2000
Lead me in your truth, and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation; for you I
wait all day long.
Time is the critical factor in this process. The baby ducks are vulnerable to imprinting for only a
few seconds after they hatch from the shells; if that opportunity is lost, it cannot be regained
later. In other words, there is a critical, brief period in the life of the baby ducks when this
instinctual learning is possible.
There is a critical period when certain kinds of instruction is possible in the life of a child. There is
a brief period during childhood when youngsters are deeply influenced by religious training. Be a
godly example to your children and take them to church.
(Psalm 25.5
NRSV)
Shortly after baby ducks are hatched from their shells, they will become attached, or "imprinted"
to the first thing they see moving towards them. From that time on, they will follow that
particular object when it moves in their vicinity. Ordinarily, they become imprinted to the mother
goose who was on hand to hatch the new generation. If they are removed, however, the baby
ducks will settle for any mobile substitute, whether alive or not.
Dear Jesus, help me to lead your children to your saving grace. Amen.
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