Pray For Your Kids
Sometimes the biggest challenges to parenting can be things like knowing what to do.
Put simply- kids are foolish, do foolish things, and act in foolish ways. When do we, the parents, finally get to see them act grown up?
How do we react to the foolishness, the bad decisions, and the outright stupidity they seem to be possessed with at times?
We pray, and we love them.
We ask God for wisdom- to know how to gfet them under control.
We ask God for patience- so we don’t go crazy trying to fix things.
We ask God for self control- so we don’t destroy the relationship by acting in a worse way than they are.
We ask God for love- to be able to continue displaying His love for them, and our love for them, even when they make it hard to love.
And one final thing we may ask God for- that they will come to their senses…..SOON!
I have a friend who called me this morning, and is asking God these things right now. Her son is 21. He insists that he is a grown man, and can make his own choices. But they are very stupid, childish choices. Her question to me was “What do I do?”
My answer was “Pray!”
I know it seems trite- but what else is there?
Without getting the peace and wisdom God can offer in these situations, we can really mess things up. Our desire as Christian parents, is to have our kids follow Christ, be responsible adults, and make good choices along the way.
Each child is different, therefore the answer for how to handle each my be different.
I know some of you areprobably thinking- “Oh, show some tough love…”
That is not always the answer. Sometimes we need to show some support, encouragement and spend some time fasting and praying for our kids.
That is why we need to pray- so we can have peace and wisdom in doing what we do to help the child in question get on the right track.
So, here’s a challenge- pray!
Pray for yourself, pray for your kids, pray for your family.
It sure can’t hurt, and it may make all the difference.
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