Fathers, don’t exasperate your children by coming down hard on them. Take them by the hand and lead them in the way of the Master.
Ephesians 6:4 (MSG)
John 12:24 "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit."
And some times drag them... Sigh.
ReplyDeleteKicking. And Screaming. And constantly questioning your own sanity...
ReplyDeleteIf kids didn't need guidance to overcome their own undeveloped senses of responsibility, right & wrong, etc, God wouldn't have invented parents. But it's His system, and we well to observe our roles in it. Yes, they sometimes have to be dragged. And yes, sometimes they throw the proverbial fit ... sigh.
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