Let your light shine.Matthew 5:16 NIV BE THEIR GUIDING LIGHT Every child, including yours, is born lost into a world of moral and spiritual darkness. So parent, your most urgent responsibility is to be their guiding light. Paul Harvey told the story of a hard-drinking father who left his adolescent son in a pick-up truck and went into a bar for a drink. Two hours later, Dad lumbered back to the truck, finding his boy missing. Later, in the bar, he found his son in the company of a couple of inebriated young hooligans who had gotten him drunk. In the ensuing fight with them, Dad ended up bleeding on the floor, his distressed son kneeling over him, pleading, Please dont be mad at me, Pop. I just followed you! We all follow someone, hoping they know the way. The Bible says, Ahaziah son of Ahab...did evil in the eyes of the Lord, because he walked in the ways of his father and mother (1 Kings 22:51-52 NIV). Our children may not follow our advice, but they will follow our example, whether good or bad. We are called to be signposts at their crossroads, road maps in their confusion. Paul encouraged his spiritual children, saying, Follow my example, as I follow the example of Christ (1 Corinthians 11:1 NIV). You dont need a college degree in parenting to shine at home. Embracing and living out Christs teaching each day qualifies you to be the best parent you can be! A righteous man who walks in his integrity-how blessed are his sons [and daughters] after him (Proverbs 20:7 NAS).
Posted on: Fri, 01 Nov 2013 13:49:17 +0000
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