May parents everywhere,
particularly fathers and husbands,
realize that you are the example by which their children and family will perceive God.
Men…you are the example by which your children will perceive and judge God…as Father.
Children need to feel continually protected and loved by their father. Not in a crippling way but to know their father is their security, is unquestioningly trustworthy, honest, dependable and consistently Godly and good, will protect them from harm and pain of all kinds (physical, emotional, mental, verbal, spiritual) to the BEST of his ability, to be their compass TO God, and will never threaten or betray any of those involuntary trusts.
To be as a little child, as Jesus said we should be, is to sometimes be afraid but then to be able to trust our parent no matter how scary it looks; but once the trust is betrayed, that hurt changes that child and taints their perception of safety and security, their ability to trust.
It causes them to be suspicious and affects them in many others ways, including their perception of God.
And a child is never too old or past being affected by a parent’s influence in matters of trust.
Adult children are still affected, even though they may live on their own or even have families of their own.
And husbands have very much the same affect on their wife (and yes, visa versa).
Yes I know we should never judge God by what people do, and yet God Himself understood our tendency to do so. He came down in the flesh, a human form, specifically to address that tendency. We are human. How people in positions of trust and authority treat us does affect all our perceptions, whether we like it or not.
We must be ever careful to live as Christ, to be WORTHY of the trust placed in us by those whom God had blessed us with and never sabotage them or God’s desire for us or them.
If anything is hanging over our family because of our misdeeds, actions or words, we are CHARGED by GOD to stop the threat by repentance in action, removing the threat so that our family feels no impending doom, or even the sense of waiting for the other shoe to drop.
Parents…It’s up to US.
We must make it a point every moment to choose God FULLY, to always ensure that are our families feel and ARE SAFE, that WE are their SAFE HAVEN from this destructive world.
Just thinking…
So very true! Being a parent is a commitment to God and that child to speak and do God’s will so that child will be empowered by love, words, and example to be all they can be, and to then raise their children in the same way, with Heaven as their end result. Thank you for your very needed thoughts, KiKee!
Godly fathers and husbands are sooo very important! And sooo needed! Oh, yes!