Have you
had your Joy Juice today? As you sip
your juice this morning, don’t forget to pray for the children.
We all know
the importance of praying for our children and setting a consistent, Godly example
before them. We can’t expect them to do
what we say, if we’re not modeling it ourselves. And I think it’s safe to assume that parents
want to be honored by their children…but so often we adults forget that in
order to receive that honor, we must live our lives in such a way that we
deserve it.
In Adrian
Roger’s book Ten Secrets for a Successful Family, he suggests that one
of the most important things we can do to gain honor from our children is to
LOVE THEM! Real parental love is not
giving our children everything they want, but giving them what they need.
We can show
love to our children by touching them. A
hug, a pat on the back, holding their hands are all ways of expressing our love
for them.
We also can
show our love by speaking words of blessing to them. "The tongue has the power of life and death as Proverbs
18:21 reminds us. May they hear us say edifying things on their
behalf!
One more expression of love for our
children is to LISTEN to them! If we are
too busy to listen, then they will soon stop talking because they’ll believe
that we think something else is more important.
Nothing is more important than listening to your child.
Gain
your children’s honor by loving them in the little ways. With that honor comes a heart FULL of JOY!
Remember to touch, bless and listen to your children as your serve
them a generous helping of love and JOY!
Attempted to comment yesterday - when I first- read your entry, but - somehow - it did not stay! But, I applaud your parental admonition, Joyce, and pray families, everywhere, may be encouraged to speak love, life and health into their children, and families.
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