Walk The Talk Parents!
"And you, fathers, do not provoke your children
to wrath, but bring them up in the training and
admonition of the Lord."
Ephesians 6: 4
In one family, the dad spends all his time landscaping the yard.
In another, the mom lives on the phone. In another, parents read
Bible stories and pray with their children every night. And in yet
another family, the parents talk about how much they love their
church family and friends.
It reminds us of the saying:
“Careful what you do, ‘cause
little eyes are watching you.’”
It’s not hard to notice peoples’ priorities. It matters less
what we say and more what we do. Saying is important
at the right times, but we need to spend more time doing
in the home than talking; our actions speak louder
than
our words.
If someone interviewed our children and asked them,
“What’s the most important thing to your dad and mom?”
their answers might be revealing. When we manifest the
fruit of the Spirit in our home (Galatians 5:22-23) on that
consistent basis, and lead our family in the things of the
Lord…our children will notice.
As we imitate Christ and our children imitate
us, they will have godly models to follow.
"Fathers have one of the greatest privileges—
to imprint young lives, who will carry on into
future generations."
Dennis Rainey
