Last week I attended a parenting seminar in a christian school where my son is currently enrolled. This is the nth time I have attended this kind of seminar, but each time I attend , I got new insights even if the topics such as parenting styles, myths in parenting etc are almost the same. Proverbs 22:6 is a well loved verse of all parents, with its practical implication” Train up a child in the way he should go and when he is old he will not depart from it”
But what strikes me most in what the speaker said is this ” the ultimate goal of parenting is to help our children mature into Christ likeness, to learn to be independent from us and be dependent on the Lord. Most parents focus on external behaviour”
I am responsible and accountable to my God on the spirituality of my children. Providing their spiritual need is equally important to the physical and emotional needs.
Someday when the final grading of life comes, I hope my Master will say” Well done, my good and faithful servant”
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