Children Are Diamonds in the Rough

Deuteronomy 11:18-21

18 Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. 19 Teach them to your children, talking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. 20 Write them on the door frames of your houses and on your gates, 21 so that your days and the days of your children may be many in the land the LORD swore to give your ancestors, as many as the days that the heavens are above the earth.

(God's word)



Study and learn God's word yourself, know what it says

Have God's word at your finger tips for instruction and guidance

Your children will see you leaning on and depending on God for everything

They will be learning that with God all things are possible

That you are weak but He is strong, and He will carry you through

As a family you can depend on Him in everything that comes your way

When you sit down at meals together as a family you talk about the Lord

And dwell on His word, when you travel you pray asking and inviting Him to go with you

When you go to sleep at night your children can learn how to pray

In the solitude of their bedroom, a quiet place to meet the Lord

Waking up with a thankful heart for the Lord watching over them through the night

We can display the goodness of the Lord through poems

And pictures and verses hanging on our walls, teaching His ways

Take stock of yourself, where are you in your relationship with the Lord

And consider your children, your time and your thoughts are being watched;

How would you reply to the Lord should He ask, what have you done

“What kind of parent are you, will your children know who I am because of you?

Children may not inherit their parents’ talent, but they will absorb their values.

We as parents need to ask ourselves these things each and every day.

(By Peter Salmond's thoughts)