Luke's Little Dog

"Asa's heart was fully committed to the Lord all his life." 2 Chronicles 15:17

Asa was a king of Judah in the lineage of David and Solomon. King David was actually Asa's great great grandfather. Asa was one of the kings that came in and cleaned up Judah in a moral sense because they were forsaking God and worshiping idols.
Many people may not be familiar with Asa because he is not a major Bible character. His story is in 2 Chronicles and it can easily be read over quickly and not paid much attention to. Well, that is not true for our son Luke!
Luke has a little children's book of Bible stories. And let me tell you the first time he heard about Asa he could not stop talking about him. I found this interesting because most kids talk about Noah or Moses. Luke has a little dog that he sleeps with every night that he named Asa. This was totally his idea! After he named this dog Asa I had to go back and reread Asa's story and make sure this was a good idea. (You know, make sure it wasn't somebody like Jezebel and your kid is naming stuffed animals after them!) Needless to say, Asa was a good person for the dog to be named after. I have to commend Asa for turning Judah back to the one true God. Asa did something in ancient times that we need to be doing today in our own nation.

Have a great weekend!