Your kids need to see how you handle failure even more than how you handle success. If you make a mistake, you need to own up to it and ask forgiveness if the situation calls for it. If you don't model how to deal with your own fleshly responses, how are they going to learn how to own up to their mistakes and resolve them biblically?
You never lose esteem in your child's eyes when you do what God requires you to do. You gain esteem because you are an honest person, and in the process you are modeling what they need to do when they blow it. Children need models, not critics. Modeling is what establishes our credibility to "bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord" (Ephesians 6:4).
Prayer: Lord, help me model a life of obedience and honesty before my grand children and others who look to me as an example. And when I fail, give me grace to admit my mistakes and resolve my conflicts.
A child's' love is modeled after Gods. It is their pure and trusting love that lasts all of their lives. Unconditional love is not affected by the outside world.
ReplyDeleteI feel that love when I think about my mom and how she served the Lord for all of her 85 years on this earth.
God Bless you Joyce for creating and sharing this site with all of Gods children.
Your brother in Christ Jesus our Lord and Savior, Patrick