“TRAIN UP A CHILD!”

 

Proverbs 22:6                 (ESV)

    “[6] 

    “TRAIN UP A CHILD” in the way he should go;

        even when he is old he will not depart from it.”

Even though I am BLESSED to be more matured than I was while raising my sons, some people aren’t granted the privilege of experiencing “senior moments” with their grandchildren so they can watch the fruits of their labor???  Recently I saw a meme that brought back memories which said “Teach your child to pray. You won’t be around all their life, but GOD will!”  

My “actions” earlier in life were not something that I would prefer my children to remember.  I was SO BUSY trying to help others that I sometimes didn’t show my own children the time they deserved!  MY OWN CHILDREN are BLESSINGS from THE CREATOR OF THE UNIVERSES!!  Could I have been so “caught up” with making sure that the cares of “this world” were taken care of that I might have missed making sure my own children understood that the REAL and PERMANENT things were FAR MORE IMPORTANT than the things of “this world”???

My prayer is that I will instill in my children, AND GRANDCHILDREN, that their PERMANENT and REAL relationship with THEIR CREATOR is THE MOST IMPORTANT realm that they can possibly foster!!!  “TRAIN UP A CHILD”, not that they are aware, BUT THAT THEY KNOW what is REAL and PERMANENT in life!!!