Parents are often told to read to their children. It helps children to learn to read for themselves if we read to them—regularly and often—from a very young age. Nearly all little children love stories and rhymes, and can be encouraged to take pleasure and delight in language and books. Parents should cultivate that early love for as long as they can.
As we grow up, we all continue to read in some way. We read textbooks while in school in order to learn. We read newspapers and magazines in order to be informed. As Christians, we read the Bible in order to know God and grow in him. But for too many, something happens to strip away the natural love of reading stories. We don’t read books for pleasure in the way that children do. We may make sure we have time for books on theology and Christian living, but we don’t bother venturing into other genres.
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