TEXT: PROVERBS 22:6
It
was on a Sunday morning, I was busy preparing myself and the children for
church. As I was rushing to get things done quickly so that I would not
be late for church, I went into my son’s room to wake him up, I helped him to
bring his clothes out from the wardrobe, and I told him that I was not going to
iron it for him. As a teenager he should be independent to do some things for
himself.
He
rushed into the bathroom, (he woke up late) Alas! I found myself doing what I
said I was not going to do for him (ironing) I did that because he was getting
late for church. (Compassion) as I was ironing the lord dropped this
illustration into my heart. Chocolate mould, cup cake mould, ice cube mould all
come in different shapes. It is the shape of the mould that will determine what
you will get from it. For instance, you cannot pour something inside a square
mould and expect to get a round shaped object.
In
the same way; parents are mould that gives shape to their children. Either you
are a
Christian or not, as long as you are a mother or a father, you are
moulding the children. The question we need to ask ourselves is “what shape am
I moulding?” God gave us the privilege to be parents, the children are His, but
He put them in our care to nurture and train them in the way of the lord. The
world is moulding the children to its own shape by attacking both parents and
children with the ideas that will make them to be “acceptable” in the society.
Things like expensive gifts, spending extravagantly on birthday parties,
violent movies and games, ungodly music, lack of respect for parents and elders
and inappropriate dressing and things like that.
Like
the example of different moulds I mentioned earlier, as parent; you can only
mould your children to your shape. Children learn faster from what they can see,
and they see us as their role model. That is why it is very important to live
right, so that we can be proud of our children when they come out in our shape.
If
you are a fighter, a back bitter, a whore monger and so on, apparently your
children will emulate you, either consciously or unconsciously. If you are the
type that put on clothes that reveal more than it covers, be expecting your
children to follow suit, because that is what you are moulding them to become.
You
cannot be doing something wrong and be telling the children to do the right
thing, or expect them to follow the right path. Neither can you scold them when
they decide to follow your path, because you are the mould that is moulding
them to the shape they are in.
As
parents; let us strife to mould our children to positive and glorious shape. If
you are the type that forgive easily, and love to help people, the children
will cultivate the habit from you. If you show compassion to others, your
children will do the same. If you are the stingy and harsh type; that is the
same way your children will behave, because they will think that is the right
way of life.
May
the good God grant us the grace to and wisdom to mould our children to the
shape that will bring glory to His name. Keep on moulding Godly children.
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