I'm about to step on some toes. If you are easily offended don't bother reading.
So, there is an issue in the church that is causing both non-believers and believers to come against the people of our beloved church. (Please note, when I say church I mean the group of Christian believers. This is not a particular church building/group, this is the body of Christ as a whole throughout America.) Parenting. There I said it. For some reason in the church today it seems that parents everywhere have forgotten what Proverbs says. Parents have forgotten that discipline is necessary. We are so worried about their feelings and making them cry, that we let them act terribly. This is it: If you are a parent, and your child is not a good child, it shows who you are as a parent. You are too busy being their friend and not spending enough time being the adult. Where do I see this? Literally everywhere. We sit at a restaurant and children are out of control. They are arguing with their parents. They won't sit still. They are loud and rude. This is not okay. I see it at grocery stores. Parents trying to reason with children. They throw a fit, and then as a result of them calming down, Mommy dearest buys them something. What? I see it in my church all the time. Children that talk back to their parents, to the teachers. They won't listen. Kids putting stickers on desks in a building that the church doesn't own! Holy cow. Look, if a non-Christian has a bad child I don't really care. It's a nuisance, yes, but I don't mind. They aren't led by God. So be it. Ephesians 6 tells children to obey their parents. It tells the fathers to bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord. Where is that? I love what Titus 1:6 "An elder must be blameless, faithful to his wife, a man whose children believe and are not open to the charge of being wild and disobedient." My husband may not be an elder in our church, however I can tell you that he is faithful to me, and his children believe AND they are not wild and disobedient. As for blameless, well, who is? He is covered by the blood of Christ and strives to live faithfully. Though the scripture is for an elder within the church, my husband and I have used it So here it is. Proverbs - the book of wisdom - 23:13-14 says this, "Do not withhold discipline from a child; if you punish them with the rod, they will not die. Punish them with the rod and save them from death." Ok, I haven't used a rod. But I have spanked my children. And guess what, they didn't die! Man, I love that, "they will not die." When I think of parents and their fear of spanking children, I think about that. It won't kill them. In fact, it will save them from death! Parents, discipline your children with godly love. God punishes those whom he loves. If you love your child, you will use discipline so that they will see how you saved them, and in turn, how God has saved them. Christian parents, our children should be an example for the world. If your child(ren) are not setting an example of proper behavior - anywhere they go -then perhaps you aren't setting the expectations necessary.
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