A CHILD

"Children are like wet cement. Whatever falls on them makes an impression." - Doug Larson

Train Them

Harry S. Truman says, "I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it." Anne Frank had this to say, "Parents can only give good advice or put them - children - on the right paths, but the final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands."

Celeste Sibley, one-time columnist for the Atlanta (GA) Constitution, took her three children to a diner for breakfast one morning. It was crowded and they had to take separate seats at the counter. Eight-year-old Mary was seated at the far end of the counter and when her food was served she called down to her mother in a loud voice, "Mother, don't people say grace in this place?" A hush came over the entire diner and before Mrs. Sibley could figure out what to say, the counterman said, "Yes, we do, sister. You say it." All the people at the counter bowed their heads. Mary bowed her head and in a clear voice said, "God is great, God is good, let us thank Him for our food."

What you don't create time to teach your child now, you might spend the rest of your life trying to "un-teach" him. The kind of training you give your child today, will determine the principles that will help him form his character tomorrow. Training isn't a one-night-sitting-down business: it spans the child's growing years. The parent has failed - in my opinion - who sit their child down to advice him, on the right way to live, just a day to their departure from home to college. Would that be you?

Let us pray: Father, help me with grace to train my children rightly, in Jesus name.

WISDOM NUGGET: Proverbs 22:6
"Train up a child in the way he should go..." - KJV