Old Man's Memory

As a Father and Husband, we are tasked by God to be the spiritual leader in our household (although it seems that most often the Mom/Wife assumes this role). Although I do think it would be great for a husband and a wife to assume a co-leadership position for leading a family through the daily walk in life, stepping up to this role is something that most of us men fail to do. We get too busy with our jobs or our extra activities such as golf, exercising, sports, coaching, or a multitude of other activities. With these preoccupations, we lose sight that our focus should be on God first, then our family. It is ingrained in our beings to be the provider for our families so we get so caught up in getting ahead financially, that we end up paying the cost with loss of family time. One problem that I have is that my kids seem to know more about the Bible than I do. My brain just does not retain the information like it use to; whereas, my kids soak it up like a sponge. I have to read some verses 10 times to their one time, to memorize it. I know for myself, I have to work more on memorizing and familiarizing myself with more of the Bible so that I can be a better spiritual leader in my household. Here is a little trick that I have started using. I am creating my own screen savers with a Bible verse that scrolls across the screen. After some length of time (whatever it takes for me to memorize it - maybe a week, maybe a month, depending on how the brain is working), I will change it to a different verse. Creating your own screen savers may sound difficult, but it's really easy. I have Windows XP so here are instructions for XP. Instructions for other versions of Windows will be similar.

1. Click on Start then Control Panel.
2. If the Control panel opens up in the Classic view click on Display. If it opens in Category view, click on Appearance and Themes then Choose a screen saver.
3. When the Display Properties screen opens up, select Marquee and click on the Settings button.
   
   
4. In the text box, type in the Bible verse you want to remember, adjust the scrolling speed, and click on OK.
   

It is that simple. While this won't be the flashiest screen saver you could have, it may hopefully help us to think of God and improve ourselves a little among our busy schedules of life.