Raising Our Children

Today, Bro. Doyce taught us from Ephesians 6 and we learned how children should act towards their parents and how parents should act towards their children. He also mentioned an article that I had read myself this weekend which said that 40% of all mothers are choosing to have their babies out of wedlock. They are more worried about going through a divorce than being a single parent. This brings up the thought of how is having a baby with someone not like marrying them. Once you have a baby with someone, you are connected to them in a very definite way for the rest of that child's life.

Regardless, as I was listening to Bro. Doyce and had many thoughts rumbling around in my head, I decided the only way to raise our children for Christ is to live for Him to the best of our abilities and with all our strength and might in front of our children. We need to make God our number one priority and our children will notice. When we go to church and then immediately put God back in His box on the way home, they notice. When we feel that sports, dance, or any other extracurricular activities are more important than church, they notice. When we never speak of God outside of church, they notice. The only way to have God-centered children is to be God-centered adults. By raising better children, we create better adults, who then raise better children. Let's break the cycle of teens and young adults who wander away from God by making God the most important person in our life. He deserves our very best!