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RIGHT PARENTAL CARE
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25
Esther 2:12
1 Corinthians 13:6
"Charity… Rejoiceth not in iniquity,
but rejoiceth in the truth."
RIGHT PARENTAL CARE
Mordecai was greatly concerned and he worried for Esther who had been as his very own daughter (Esther 2:7). He wanted to know how Esther was faring, and how she had progressed. We can almost imagine Mordecai pacing up and down in front of the court of the women’s house, wringing his hands together, peering over the court accommodations, hoping to see Esther or hear something from her. Perhaps Mordecai saw other parents give up their beautiful daughters in a bid to fulfil their dream of being parents of the queen of the empire, and he also hoped that beautiful Esther would beat them all.
Parents often worry about how well their child would do in this world. One day they go away and stay in university dorms, or go overseas to study or work. We pace around at home, we hope for phone calls or emails, wondering what has become of our child. But, what are we truly concerned about? Are we exercising right parental care and acting responsibly? Some parents can have very distorted ideas that "to glorify God" means that our children must be successful, rich, highly educated, live the high life, never mind if they marry unbelievers. But often it is selfishly motivated. In pushing our child to succeed no matter what, the result is that our child’s life bears no semblance of being a child of God. On the same note, parents do need to exercise the right parental guidance in what they allow. Do you permit, or worse persuade, your child to participate in school or social activities that would parade them in indecent clothes, crude dances, lewd cheerleading, or ungodly musical performances, for example? Do we let them be in places that would expose them to temptations and compromise their testimony for the Lord? We must be very sensitive to what we recommend or permit to come into their lives. Mordecai was worried if Esther would perform well rather than what Esther was getting into. There are many Mordecai parents today. Let us not be one of them.
THOUGHT: Am I bringing up my child as a child for God?
PRAYER: Give me wisdom and courage to make godly decisions for my children, O Lord.
Posted in Adult RPG
Esther 2:12
1 Corinthians 13:6
"Charity… Rejoiceth not in iniquity,
but rejoiceth in the truth."
RIGHT PARENTAL CARE
Mordecai was greatly concerned and he worried for Esther who had been as his very own daughter (Esther 2:7). He wanted to know how Esther was faring, and how she had progressed. We can almost imagine Mordecai pacing up and down in front of the court of the women’s house, wringing his hands together, peering over the court accommodations, hoping to see Esther or hear something from her. Perhaps Mordecai saw other parents give up their beautiful daughters in a bid to fulfil their dream of being parents of the queen of the empire, and he also hoped that beautiful Esther would beat them all.
Parents often worry about how well their child would do in this world. One day they go away and stay in university dorms, or go overseas to study or work. We pace around at home, we hope for phone calls or emails, wondering what has become of our child. But, what are we truly concerned about? Are we exercising right parental care and acting responsibly? Some parents can have very distorted ideas that "to glorify God" means that our children must be successful, rich, highly educated, live the high life, never mind if they marry unbelievers. But often it is selfishly motivated. In pushing our child to succeed no matter what, the result is that our child’s life bears no semblance of being a child of God. On the same note, parents do need to exercise the right parental guidance in what they allow. Do you permit, or worse persuade, your child to participate in school or social activities that would parade them in indecent clothes, crude dances, lewd cheerleading, or ungodly musical performances, for example? Do we let them be in places that would expose them to temptations and compromise their testimony for the Lord? We must be very sensitive to what we recommend or permit to come into their lives. Mordecai was worried if Esther would perform well rather than what Esther was getting into. There are many Mordecai parents today. Let us not be one of them.
THOUGHT: Am I bringing up my child as a child for God?
PRAYER: Give me wisdom and courage to make godly decisions for my children, O Lord.
Posted in Adult RPG