July 8, 2011
"Always respect the LORD. Then you will have hope for the future and your wishes will come true."
This chapter also talks about the importance of training a child how to live right. It is vital that children learn about authority and obedience. How are they ever to learn what it means to submit to the authority of our heavenly Father if they've never learned that concept with their earthly father? If they don't understand the relationship between choice and consequences as a child, how are they going to understand that as an adult?
You can do everything you know to do, but we all have a will and free choice. You can't force someone to understand if they are refusing to do so. I remember what it was like growing up in a home where the parents knew the importance of "training a child." I remember the turmoil, strife and rebellion that ensued when submission was fought against by my sister. It created turmoil and stress in the entrie family.
As my brother, Mom, husband and I gathered around my Dad's death bed, we were talking about this very thing. Mom (referring to the turmoil that still surrounds any dealings with my sister) asked, "What did we do wrong?" I replied (and my brother concurred), "We were all raised the same, Mom. You didn't do anything wrong. You and Dad tried ... I remember."
We can do our best to influence others, but we all have free choice and ultimately, everyone has to make their own decision. It is up to you, it is up to me. Choose you this day whom ye will serve.
Next Entry: Proverbs 24
"Always respect the LORD. Then you will have hope for the future and your wishes will come true."
This chapter also talks about the importance of training a child how to live right. It is vital that children learn about authority and obedience. How are they ever to learn what it means to submit to the authority of our heavenly Father if they've never learned that concept with their earthly father? If they don't understand the relationship between choice and consequences as a child, how are they going to understand that as an adult?
You can do everything you know to do, but we all have a will and free choice. You can't force someone to understand if they are refusing to do so. I remember what it was like growing up in a home where the parents knew the importance of "training a child." I remember the turmoil, strife and rebellion that ensued when submission was fought against by my sister. It created turmoil and stress in the entrie family.
As my brother, Mom, husband and I gathered around my Dad's death bed, we were talking about this very thing. Mom (referring to the turmoil that still surrounds any dealings with my sister) asked, "What did we do wrong?" I replied (and my brother concurred), "We were all raised the same, Mom. You didn't do anything wrong. You and Dad tried ... I remember."
We can do our best to influence others, but we all have free choice and ultimately, everyone has to make their own decision. It is up to you, it is up to me. Choose you this day whom ye will serve.
Next Entry: Proverbs 24
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