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The Best Thing Your Kids Should Ask For

The “Little Prince” said it aptly, “What is ESSENTIAL is invisible to the eye”. So rather than leave my kids with material things that they can “see”, my prayer is to leave them a legacy that they can “be”.

At this point in time, my three boys are still quite young. Miguel is 12, Beej is 9, and Joaquin is 3. And as they move forward in life, I hope that they develop within themselves “invisible” values that lead towards success. Values such as excellence, love, discipline, honesty, and the like. For now however, my prayer and desire for them is to seek God for wisdom.

At nearly the same stage of his life, God asked a young boy what he would want. Instead of asking for riches, power, gold and fame, the boy asked for wisdom. God was pleased and God granted him his request - God gave Solomon wisdom farther than any other man has ever had. And that wisdom was what drove Solomon to greater heights through the years.

I ask my boys time and time again the same question. “If God were to give you anything, what would you want?”

At first, they answered with material things – toys, money, hamburgers, Disneyland, Playstation games, etc. But then I tell them the story of Solomon. Little by little, their perspective has changed. Now they ask God for wisdom. Out of the blue, they would whisper to their mom, “ I want to be wise.” From there, they go through Proverbs. Solomon’s book of wisdom.

I’d rather leave my kids with a legacy that they can “be”, more than a legacy that they can “see”. For now, their focus is just like Solomon’s at a young age, “God I want to BE WISE”.

-Butch Jimenez
This article was published in the book, "Legacy"

posted by Butch Jimenez @ 8:46 AM