I hope you have all had a wonderful week! I have been "vacating", and I am getting eager for the school year to start. With the beginning of the school year, there comes a need for discipline and endurance.
We often talk about being sensitive to our children's needs, but I don't think we discuss enough the disciplines that they need. They need to be able to focus on a task and complete a task. They need to know how to endure even when it is not easy. This means that we as parents need to allow them to struggle.
Jesus (the ultimate teacher) knew that the disciples would need to learn how to endure. In Luke 9:23, He said, "If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me."
Not only for daily life, but for spiritual growth, our children need to know that it is OK to have difficulties, and they need to know that learning may not always be "fun". Encourage them to endure. Use Scriptures to gently lead them, and let them know that love endures and perseveres with them (1 Cor. 13).
May God continue to guide you in leading your children to a relationship with Him and in finding their strength to endure through Him!
Mission US
7 years ago
2 comments:
So very true! I do find it hard to know when to push and when to give them a break! Such a fine line!
Great post!
Something I try to remember each day is this..."Have skin like a Rhino, and a heart like a dove"...
Our children probably don't like discipline any more than we do, but we all know that "God disciplines those He loves"...and we are called to do the same. By "training" them in the way they should go...I find I have to discipline them less and less. If we spend time with the Lord, and help them learn what a powerful gift and tool that is, then our days go better, because we realize who is really directing our lives. Great post!
tjmc
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