Psalm 127:3~Children are a heritage of the Lord, and the fruit of the womb is His reward. This passage is saying loud and clear children are God's gift to us...if they be ours by birth or adoption they are a precious gift from Him. There may be days they don't "feel" as such BUT God assures us in His Word they are! They need to be reassured we feel this way for them even at times when they let us down. We let our heavenly Father down many times, and yet there He is with His daily grace despite our warts, hairs and all...assuring us He loves us despite those many failings. I had a good chat with my son tonight about how we need to seek the honour that comes from God alone. How he can tell me things that are not true and I will never know, but our heavenly Father knows every single thought we have. The Bible tells us in Revelation 2:23 that Jesus reads our hearts. We can fool most people most of the time, but ultimately we all will stand before Him when we die and be judged by Him. Our kids I believe to know God in His fullness, to be taught He is not only Loving Father but also Righteous Judge. This will help to shape them as they grow up in Him, and they need to not be near as concerned displeasing us as they do Him. He is the One we desire to please in all things, and this precious grace we need not turn into a licence. Jesus Christ is to be our very life and the True Apple of our eye, and that love, that agape He gives us in our hearts we want to be reflected more than ever to our kids who are our gifts, our treasures, our precious heritage from Him. May they sense that in how we speak to them, how we spend good quality daily time with them, and especially in how we dicipline them..with the agape of Christ. I enjoy so much these years homeschooling my son. I thank God daily for the gift of grace Isaiah is to us, and may He see Christ in me, and learn to follow Jesus too as he grows up in His Savior. What a blessed heritage he is, and may God grant me much of HIS love as my own human love is ever failing..His love never, ever fails. Lord help us daily to be great parents!
We are thankful for Christian parents who are aware of the honor, privilege and responsibility God has placed upon them through His gift of children. There is no higher calling in this life than that of parenting and it is refreshing to see Christian parents who fully understand the challenge and accept it with joy and thanksgiving. We are proud of you and Mike for taking on the task of home schooling. What an opportunity that provides for you to get Isaiah off to a great start in life!!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for that encouragement! We appreciate you for appreciating us LOL haha..seriously though so nice to be encouraged like this. I always remind Isaiah how blessed he is that God touched mom and daddy's hearts and lives because before we knew Him we really had and knew nothing. It's all about Jesus, all things, every good and perfect gift comes from our God, and that greatest gift is knowing Christ.
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