Just a thought……
As my children grow out of the teen years into their young
adult years, they are consistently having discussions with other friends whether
what they been taught their entire life is really the truth. After reading all of the statistics of young
adults and teens leaving the Christian faith, I honestly did not believe it
would happen to my daughter and her lifelong Christian friends. For some of them, it has. Right now, there are those who are reconsidering
everything they have been taught. Some have
not turned totally away from their Christian values, but they are beginning to
doubt “absolute truth”. Others are just
confused and standing at a major crossroads in their lives. Yes, it may be true
that most college students and young adults may go through a period of
questioning and maybe even a little rebellion.
But…..
What about those who choose to not come back?
What about those who
walk away and never look back?
Is there any hope for my own children?
Will they walk away too?
First of all, there is always hope through Jesus Christ. If we as parents take true ownership and responsibility in
the fact that God chose us for our children, I believe we would do things differently. Instead of parents reinforcing what the
church is teaching, should it not be the other way around? In our homes, we
should discuss our faith with our child so much that instead of us reinforcing
what is taught at church; the church reinforces what we daily teach our
children through the Word of God.
Looking into the eyes of your sweet babies, preschoolers,
and toddlers, is there hope for them?
Yes, if we as parents accept the responsibility and burden
upon our shoulders of raising our children to know, understand, obey, and love
the Word of God. We cannot take
something of such significance and depend on others to do it for us in a few short hours each week. We must realize the importance of so great a
task and respond to the calling of God for us to parent the children He gave
us.
Proverbs 22:6 KJV
"Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it."
I enjoyed reading this blog post.
ReplyDeleteJust to reinforce what you are saying, when I was growing up, I always felt like the church was reinforcing what my parents were teaching me. If the church we were going to at the time didn't compliment the Bible then we learned how to look for a church that did. I feel like this made all the difference in how my brother, sister and I handled life. Does it mean we never made mistakes? No. Does it mean we never doubted God and His Word? No. It means, when we struggled and doubted, we knew where to go to find the answers. There was no Biblical principle that was off limits for conversation in our home. Because of this, I feel that this is why we are strong in what we believe. Like a tree in a storm, we bend, sway and even receive some damage; but the roots run deep and strong. And after the storm the tree is still standing. I hope that my children can say the same thing about their childhood home when they are older.
Thank you for sharing this post, and I thank my mom for sharing this post on my fb page.
What a beautiful testimony to your parents. They should be so proud. I pray that we too can follow their precious example.
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