Every moment of my day, I am either being a wise woman building my house or I am being a foolish woman, tearing it down with my own hands. There is no in between. My desire is to be wise. To build my house, my family...but far to often I see that my attitude, my decisions, my selfishness displays my folly. I do not want to tear my house down...and certainly not with my own hands. What a danger there is in foolishness. This blog is to give me a place to share my journey from foolishness into wisdom, from house destroyer into house builder.

Monday, March 22, 2010

The training of Children

Pr. 22:6
Train up a child in the way he should go, even when he is old he will not depart from it.

Pr 22:15
Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child;the rod of discipline will remove it far from him.

As pastor talked about this weekend, it is our job to train our children in the way they should go.  I often think about the early Christians who would use the term "The Way" to distinguish themselves.  Jesus said, "I am THE WAY, the truth and the light..." I must train my children up in The Way...not a way or any way...but in THE WAY.  I must train them up in the word of God.  I must teach them about Jesus, his sacrifice, his love, his glory.  As adults, they will be held responsible for their choices, but they will NOT know about God.  They will not be without excuse.

BUT...my hope is that the Lord would bless my effort to train them up in the way they should go.  My prayer is that when my children are old, they truly will NOT depart from it.  I'm not a name it and claim it kind of girl...but I suppose if there was one thing I would want to "name and claim" it would be the salvation of my children.

The second verse reminds me of a verse I read the other day. Proverbs 19:3 - The foolishness of man ruins his ay, and his heart rages against the LORD.

Every day I am reminded that foolishness is bound up in my dear little one's hearts.  Again..my job is to expose that foolishness...and the sin that it leads to...so that knowledge, wisdom and understanding may replace it.  This verse reminds me that my work...my daily, hourly work of discipline will be rewarded by removing this foolishness from them.  It may not be, probably will not be right away...but it will be removed...not because of anything I've done, but because of the Grace of God.  I am trusting in this promise from the Lord, that the rod of discipline will remove the foolishness, not away...but FAR from them.
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  1. TeriMarch 22, 2010 at 10:13 PM

    "My job is to expose that foolishness...and the sin that it leads to...so that knowledge, wisdom and understanding may replace it"

    I feel like I've got the exposing the foolishness down and using the rod to remove it, it's just replacing it with knowledge, wisdom, and understanding part I'm struggling with!!! :)

    This is such important scripture for us! Thank you for your reminders and insight as to how the Lord is speaking to you through this! It's such a help to me!!

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