A priest was invited to attend a house party.
Naturally, he was properly dressed and wearing his priest's Collar. A little
boy kept staring at him the entire evening. Finally, the priest asked the
little boy what he was staring at. The boy pointed to the priest's neck. When
the priest finally realized what he was pointing at, he asked him, "Do you
know why I am wearing that?"The boy nodded his head yes and replied, “It
kills fleas and ticks for up to three months".
It’s amazing what goes through the mind of a
child. Kids really do have a mind of their own. And because they do, they need
essential Time, Training and Tough Love from Godly
Parents. We can’t leave it up to the White House to lead and give time to our
kids. Neither can we leave it up into the hands of the schoolhouse to Train and
steer our kids in the right direction. In all honestly, it’s not even the
church house’s responsibility to give Tough love to kids. God puts all these
responsibilities upon the shoulders of Parents. Yes, the church house Will
give tenderness, time and training because so many kids are without a compass
in assessing what’s really valuable in life. So What’s Important?
Time,
James Dobson says kids spell love… “T I M E”. Mom and Dad, no doubt you are
under great pressure when it comes to the time you have left over from work,
keeping up with the house, your child’s school, taking them to their ball games,
dance recitals, music lessons, karate, and the list goes on and on. Somewhere
you come to realize you can’t be everywhere and do everything
that is pulling on your coat tail. You must determine your TOP Priorities. Have you sat down and discussed, “Just what
are the TOP priorities for our Family”? Is there time for God? Is there
Time to deposit His Word? Is there Time to worship the Lord on “The
Lord’s day?” Have other things crowded God out from your world?
Training. If you don’t make time to train your kids, who
will? Most of them will learn lessons from society, friends, MTV, social
media, prime time, and television. So what
does God say about the child God has given us? “Bring them up in the training
and instruction of the Lord.” (Ephesians 6:4)
Tough Love, God states that parents are to discipline
their kids. Eli was a great man of God but a horrible father. His
sons Hophni and Phinehas were wicked men. He allowed his sons to get away
without any repercussions or discipline. They violated sacrificial portions that
belonged to God. They scandalized the faithful, acted unjustly and had illicit
sexual relations with the young women assigned to care for the Shrine at
Shiloh. But Eli did nothing. Mom, Dad don’t neglect in bringing tough
love with some form of discipline to your kids. Kids are more secure when
you do. God himself “chastens those whom He loves.”
I’ll be the last to say I
did it all right as a parent. But with God’s wisdom and help, He will enable each
of us to give Time, Training and yes, Tough Love to the children
He gave us.
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