{":Train A Child:"}
LIKE ALL THE OTHER PROVERBS,
THIS ONE OFFERS A WISE PRINCIPLE TO EMBRACE,
NOT A GUARANTEE THAT THOSE WHO FOLLOW IT WILL GET PREDICTABLE RESULTS EVERY TIME.
NO PARENT,
REGARDLESS OF DEDICATION OR SKILL,
CAN CONTROL A CHILD'S EVERY MOVE.
ALL INDIVIDUALS, CHILDREN INCLUDED,
ARE GIVEN FREEDOM BY GOD
TO MAKE CHOICES ABOUT HOW THEY USE THEIR WILL.
EVEN IF PARENTS COULD CONTROL A CHILD'S BEHAVIOR,
THEY COULD NOT DETERMINE THE COURSE OF HIS OR HER HIDDEN THOUGHTS.
STILL,
PARENTS ARE GIVEN A MANDATE TO EXERT STRONG POSITIVE INFLUENCE OVER THEIR CHILDREN.
THE WORD TRAIN IN THIS VERSE INCLUDES A HEBREW CONNECTION OF "DEDICATE."
PARENTS ARE TO THROW THEMSELVES WHOLEHEARTEDLY INTO THE TASK OF RAISING THEIR CHILDREN.
PARENTS CAN'T FIX OR CONTROL EVERYTHING AND EVERY SITUATION INVOLVING THEIR CHILDREN.
BUT THE GENERAL PRINCIPLE HOLDS TRUE:
PARENTS ARE RESPONSIBLE TO SHAPE THEIR CHILDREN'S WILLS
AND TO DIRECT THEIR CHILDREN IN GOD'S WAYS
SO THEY WILL KNOW THE TRUTH
AND BE EQUIPPED TO MAKE WISE CHOICES THROUGHOUT LIFE.
Pr 22:6
Sayings Of The Wise:
PAY attention and listen to the sayings of the wise;
APPLY YOUR HEART TO WHAT HE TEACH,
FOR IT IS PLEASING WHEN YOU KEEP THEM IN YOUR HEART
AND HAVE ALL OF THEM READY ON YOUR LIPS.
So that your trust may be in the lord,
He teach you today, even you.
Pr 22:17-19
THIS ONE OFFERS A WISE PRINCIPLE TO EMBRACE,
NOT A GUARANTEE THAT THOSE WHO FOLLOW IT WILL GET PREDICTABLE RESULTS EVERY TIME.
NO PARENT,
REGARDLESS OF DEDICATION OR SKILL,
CAN CONTROL A CHILD'S EVERY MOVE.
ALL INDIVIDUALS, CHILDREN INCLUDED,
ARE GIVEN FREEDOM BY GOD
TO MAKE CHOICES ABOUT HOW THEY USE THEIR WILL.
EVEN IF PARENTS COULD CONTROL A CHILD'S BEHAVIOR,
THEY COULD NOT DETERMINE THE COURSE OF HIS OR HER HIDDEN THOUGHTS.
STILL,
PARENTS ARE GIVEN A MANDATE TO EXERT STRONG POSITIVE INFLUENCE OVER THEIR CHILDREN.
THE WORD TRAIN IN THIS VERSE INCLUDES A HEBREW CONNECTION OF "DEDICATE."
PARENTS ARE TO THROW THEMSELVES WHOLEHEARTEDLY INTO THE TASK OF RAISING THEIR CHILDREN.
PARENTS CAN'T FIX OR CONTROL EVERYTHING AND EVERY SITUATION INVOLVING THEIR CHILDREN.
BUT THE GENERAL PRINCIPLE HOLDS TRUE:
PARENTS ARE RESPONSIBLE TO SHAPE THEIR CHILDREN'S WILLS
AND TO DIRECT THEIR CHILDREN IN GOD'S WAYS
SO THEY WILL KNOW THE TRUTH
AND BE EQUIPPED TO MAKE WISE CHOICES THROUGHOUT LIFE.
Pr 22:6
Sayings Of The Wise:
PAY attention and listen to the sayings of the wise;
APPLY YOUR HEART TO WHAT HE TEACH,
FOR IT IS PLEASING WHEN YOU KEEP THEM IN YOUR HEART
AND HAVE ALL OF THEM READY ON YOUR LIPS.
So that your trust may be in the lord,
He teach you today, even you.
Pr 22:17-19
Nila while we as parents can not control our children's every move...we can provide them with life long examples of how to make wise decisions that should influence them for the rest of their lives. Teaching a child good decision making early in life will save them from alot of heartache and pain.