Children

Good Morning!

“Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it.”- Proverbs 22:6

The above was yesterday’s “verse of the day” – but nothing more true could be said than this. Dad’s, God has given to us the privilege of raising His children that He gave to us. And it truly is a privilege to watch a child grow into adulthood. And it is even a greater joy to see a son or a daughter become a parent and begin to repeat the process.

But that is not to say there aren’t rocky times. I have said in the past that one can barely live with a kid from age eleven to age sixteen. The reason is that the child is becoming a young adult – going from a person who is dependent to a person who is responsible. And it ain’t easy … because they aren’t yet fully responsible. But it is a process that they must go through or else they never learn to be responsible.

So that surly, argumentative, stinky, malcontent that used to be precious and precocious may make you want to buy a case of duct tape today – but someday, he or she will make you proud. So … hang in there … give them a little room to grow … catch them when they fall … and train them up in the way they should go.

Agape’



Mr. Jim