Tuesday, 18 November 2008
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Love Your Kids
Love GOD![1] Love Yourself, Love Others![2] Go out into the world and tell the “GOOD NEWS” of JESUS CHRIST and make DICSIPLES of them![3] To me these are three greatest commandments in the BIBLE. You can sum up the original TEN COMMANDMENTS with the first two. The third tells you what to do with the first two. These are the three things that I make sure I make sure my TEENS know. As I have taught my SUNDAY SCHOOL class, they have taught me. They challenge me every week to learn more about the lesson but challenge me with questions that I usually don’t expect.
Over the past few weeks I have not been up to par. I let the world intrude into my responsibilities and it has shown. Between losing my Pop Pop, two very dear friends as well as my job, I lost my focus. It seems everything was falling apart and I often overlooked things I shouldn’t have. I loved God as well as others but forgot to love myself. I was selfish, wanting more than my share of the attention. In this I could not truly love God or others and at certain points I could care less about the third commandment. I could serve but not with all my heart. I could pray but most of time I did not know what to say. I cried but could not grieve. As I was sinking further, my TEENS lived by the example that I should have been showing them. They offered compassion when I was down but did not “baby” me. They showed me leadership when I was supposed to lead and picked me up when I was falling into darkness. I do not know how often I have sang the praises of my TEENS but it is not enough. They have to face hard choices everyday just like an adult, sometimes more so. We have determined our course in life while they are just beginning to choose. With so many distractions, from raging hormones to school work to being inundated by the secular world, it amazes me all that they go through.
For those of you who read this, take the time to let your children know how much you appreciate them. Let the children of your corps (church) know they are special. Pray for them always. Encourage them often. As the change and grow take time and reflect not only on the influence you have on them but the influence the have on you.
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