Raising Children…

This has to be hands down the most challenging job in existence!

The human will begins with our first breath and doesn’t cease until our final. We, of course, learn to succumb to specific rules and regulations. The guidelines of life within nature and sharing space with its inhabitants, but this doesn’t come without a struggle for dominance.

God has much to say regarding children; the Lord loves the innocence of a child and their freely given unconditional love.

Proverbs 22:6 ESV “Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.”

Hebrews 12:11 ESV “For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained.”

I remember growing up hearing my mother say, “this hurts me a lot more then it hurts you,” at the time I thought she was nuts and then I became a mom…

Ephesians 6:4 ESV “Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.”

Colossians 3:21 ESV “Fathers, do not provoke your children, lest they become discouraged.”

I believe that the Lord is warning us from disciplining in our anger, and our frustration of the moment. We are warned to watch our tongues and not to provoke to anger! Discipline is not the tearing down of, the beating of, the destruction of…

We can get our message across in a manner that points out the wrong, teaches the correct and show that for every action there is a reaction! It’s that simple, it’s called “Spiritual Law” what you put out is going to come back around!

Proverbs 23:13 ESV “Do not withhold discipline from a child; if you strike him with a rod, he will not die.”

No, God is not giving us free reign to hit our children with rods! He is stating tho that when we punish our children, and we are carrying the heavy load of guilt. To Stop!!! Children need discipline within correct boundaries and we as their parents are the ones responsible.

I have raised my three children, and now I watch them bringing up theirs, the lessons, struggles, and challenges that each new age brings. I’m glad it’s their turn, and I’ve graduated to grandma. ❤️

Be blessed today, and thank you for joining me. 🥰