Love Them
[Throughout the Psalms series I will also intermingle a little series of articles I'm writing on parenting. I hope they can prove beneficial to you.]
For the next several weeks I’m going to write about parenting. I hesitate though. I shudder to think you might read this and think, “Does he think he’s a better parent than me? What nerve!” Disclaimer: I am not offering this series of articles from above you but as a fellow parent and struggling Christian wanting what is best for my family.
Parenting presents a common struggle to many of us. And it’s true that each family will battle different problems and encounter different dilemmas. No two kids are alike. None of them “turn out” the same and it seems that we must continually adjust how we raise the kids. However, after hours of intensive study and anxious doubt about my own ability to nurture my children I’m convinced parenting boils down to several godly principles that should permeate every unique detail and decision families employ in raising their kids.
Love your children and make sure they know it—love them unconditionally. Son, I love you regardless of… Daughter, you make me happy, period. Remember God is love (1 John 4:8). As we look to him as father, his love embraces us. He teaches us what love is all about—giving, sacrificing, no strings attached.
As the week unfolds I encourage each of us as parents to find ways to express love to our children expecting nothing in return. Send a note. Take lunch to them at school. Sit down and seek to understand where they’re coming from. Make them feel important and special. Love them.
For the next several weeks I’m going to write about parenting. I hesitate though. I shudder to think you might read this and think, “Does he think he’s a better parent than me? What nerve!” Disclaimer: I am not offering this series of articles from above you but as a fellow parent and struggling Christian wanting what is best for my family.
Parenting presents a common struggle to many of us. And it’s true that each family will battle different problems and encounter different dilemmas. No two kids are alike. None of them “turn out” the same and it seems that we must continually adjust how we raise the kids. However, after hours of intensive study and anxious doubt about my own ability to nurture my children I’m convinced parenting boils down to several godly principles that should permeate every unique detail and decision families employ in raising their kids.
Love your children and make sure they know it—love them unconditionally. Son, I love you regardless of… Daughter, you make me happy, period. Remember God is love (1 John 4:8). As we look to him as father, his love embraces us. He teaches us what love is all about—giving, sacrificing, no strings attached.
As the week unfolds I encourage each of us as parents to find ways to express love to our children expecting nothing in return. Send a note. Take lunch to them at school. Sit down and seek to understand where they’re coming from. Make them feel important and special. Love them.
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