Will the rain ever stop?! It’s
been coming down all week long, but that is okay because by mid-summer we will
have long forgotten what rain is. Seems like it anyway. We push on ahead and
enjoy what is to come. Hard to believe we have been in this house almost a year
now. Time goes so fast. , as does the excitement of having a large yard! Anyway
on to the message for today.
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Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.
Colossians 3:21
A child’s spirit is a beautiful thing to watch as it learns and grows. Children have an amazing way of showing you what joy and laughter feel like again. Their innocence can get them in trouble at times, because after all they are still little people and have all the ability to disobey as adults do. So it is easy for us as adults to forget, they are still children.
Discouraging a child would have to be one of the greatest mistakes a parent can make, and I am sure I have that lesson coming down the road several hundred times. They have such a unique personality that defines them, and will seek out ways of making it known. Of course we cannot avoid discipline, but that is now what this is about. This is a message to us as parents to not lead our children into sin, into anger, or into feeling like they failed.
It can be difficult to handle such a delicate spirit of a child, since often our reactions and attitudes give us away before we have a chance to think .The Lord put children into the lives of a parent for the reason of learning and teaching, of leading and loving. We are to shepherd the little ones, but also let them learn to grow by experience and encouragement.
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Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.
Colossians 3:21
A child’s spirit is a beautiful thing to watch as it learns and grows. Children have an amazing way of showing you what joy and laughter feel like again. Their innocence can get them in trouble at times, because after all they are still little people and have all the ability to disobey as adults do. So it is easy for us as adults to forget, they are still children.
Discouraging a child would have to be one of the greatest mistakes a parent can make, and I am sure I have that lesson coming down the road several hundred times. They have such a unique personality that defines them, and will seek out ways of making it known. Of course we cannot avoid discipline, but that is now what this is about. This is a message to us as parents to not lead our children into sin, into anger, or into feeling like they failed.
It can be difficult to handle such a delicate spirit of a child, since often our reactions and attitudes give us away before we have a chance to think .The Lord put children into the lives of a parent for the reason of learning and teaching, of leading and loving. We are to shepherd the little ones, but also let them learn to grow by experience and encouragement.
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