Raising Children
June 2, 2008
by Tina Bruno
Raising children? Been there, done that, bought the t-shirt!! How did I survive? It wasn’t easy, but I had some help. God gave me a wonderful vision while my sons were still very young,
and the power of this vision has never left me.
We are like constructions workers, as parents. We are building a future with our children, and it is our responsibility, through prayer and discipline, to raise men and women of God. We must lay a good foundation. Think about laying concrete, perhaps a sidewalk. When the cement is first poured, it is very impressionable. It takes time for it to harden and solidify, and it must be protected during the curing time. If it is walked on before it is completely set, it will retain marks that we don’t want it to have. Our children are like wet cement. They are very impressionable, and we must protect them. It is not the up to the schools or “a village” to raise our children, unless we want them to look like the world.
I want my children to bear the image of Christ, and our time to protect the wet cement of their hearts is short. Proverbs 22:6 “Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old, he will not depart from it.” Be blessed as you build and protect.
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