Maggie Paulus was reading the Bible to her three-year-old.

They were reading the story of Lot being rescued from Sodom and Gomorrah.

She wasn't sure if he would be able to pay attention.

This crazy thing happened, he actually sat and listened through the whole chapter,

and then he wanted me to read it again.

After I read it the second time, I kept telling him a little bit more of the story, and then he wanted me to read it again. After I read it the second time, I kept telling him

a little bit more of the story, and then he wanted me to read it again, which is, you know,

nothing short of miraculous because he knows that after breakfast he gets to go watch a movie

or go get to play with his train. So I was just in awe that he would be so interested and

that I was getting in his heart and you could

just see his little mind thinking, his little eyes, you know, as he's imagining what was

happening.

This is the Revive Our Hearts podcast for Thursday, July 17th, 2014.

In the month of July, you're getting a chance to get to know authors in the True Woman

line of books.

So far, we've heard from Paula Hendricks, Aaron Davis, Mary Cassian, and Susan Hunt.

This week, we've heard about a mom who started reading the Bible to her children

when it looked like they were too young to understand.

Here's Nancy.

Well, over the last couple of days, we've heard the story of a mom who made a simple decision to read the entire Bible with her children.

Now, keeping up with that decision wasn't so simple, and it required a lot of commitment,

but it also has led to a great sense of accomplishment.

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