Sunday, July 31, 2011

Journey

Live is a journey.   We are just like a pilgrim, travelling on a bus or train.  As we move on, we will come to a cross-section where we need to make a decision - to stop or to move on.  We can make a wrong stop, or turn into a wrong direction, but if we have Jesus with us, He will guide us back into the right path and right direction.

By the end of July, my son Johnathan finishes his university life while my daughter, Audelia begins hers from first of August.  In a few months time, Johnathan would journey on to the next stage - that is working life.

As parents our role is to prepare our children, when they grow up to leave us as independent, emotionally resilient beings with a strong moral and social compass.

Being loving and kind while setting clear behavioral boundaries and consequences, positive and negative.

Proverbs 22:6 "Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it."

Ephesians 6:4 "Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord."

Faithfulness is God's requirement; fruitfulness is His reward.