Ever stop to consider how important teachers are to our children? Do we realize how much they learn, not just from books, but also from life around them? Their little bright eyes are so eager to watch with ears perked up, ready and eager to learn more than we could ever imagine! It's time we pay attention to what our children are being taught and how their learning is greatly influenced by what they are seeing and hearing around them! It's time we assure they have a firm foundation!
I was blessed to have great influences in my childhood! I was blessed to have a Momma and Daddy who taught me not only from God's Word but how to live it through their example, I was also blessed to have wonderful Sunday School teachers like Minnie Lee Holland and Della Vaughn, along with my precious 2nd grade teacher Mrs. Fryar, all precious saints now with the Lord; who taught with such inspiration and encouragement while sowing God's love into my life throughout childhood and into my adult life. The seeds they had all planted into my life soon matured and began to spring forth; leaving lasting impressions I still draw from as an adult. I remember each of these teachers with such love and respect, and I can feel them cheering me on from Heaven's portals.
As parents, we must be mindful that our children are watching and learning from us every day as they grow. We may think our little ones are not listening in church as they wiggle and squirm about throughout service; but let something happen and out of nowhere they pop up with something their teacher or pastor spoke on and we can't believe our ears! When did they hear this? When did they see what they just described? These little ones are learning much more from life through our example so with each step we take, each word we speak, each action we show; we must be mindful of these little eyes and big ears watching and listening to everything we say, good or bad, and they will surely copy our actions day by day. So just how firm is that foundation your child is being taught upon?
Building that firm foundation on Jesus Christ very early in the morning will secure our walk in God's footsteps, speak His Words in kindness, and shower our children with Love, thereby fulfilling the purpose God has predestined for our life. The seeds of life sown at an early age will continue to grow and mature throughout life and with proper nourishment will spring forth and produce a firm foundation that can withstand the toughest of times. Proverbs 22:6 teaches "Train up a child in the way he should go; and when he is old, he will not depart from it."
Life can be hard at times, and how we react to it depends greatly upon what we were taught and have seen over the years from those who greatly influence our lives. Teaching our little ones to trust in the Lord through example, will either carry them on to victory, or will cause them to crumble under the stress. Their outcome is determined from the strength of their foundation..., is it strong or will it crumble? A strong foundation based on Jesus Christ will spring forth during hard times and carry them through; so it's necessary for us to help build their lives upon that sure foundation of Jesus Christ and His righteousness.
Jesus teaches in Matthew 7:24-25 "Therefore whoever hears these sayings of Mine and does them, I will liken him to a wise man which built his house upon a rock; and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat upon that house; and it did not fall, for it was founded upon the rock." Jesus compares our life to that house as He encourages us to build our lives upon the rock, the sure foundation of Jesus Christ! So when storms of life come upon us and the wind swirls violently around us, we will stand firm in Him... unshakable... unmovable... knowing that He who has begun the good work in us will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ (Philippians 1:6).
As you begin this new day God has given, I pray you remain mindful of those little eyes watching how you handle situations that may arise in any given situation! And I pray you will realize the power you hold to influence and instruct these little ones by your example; And I pray that as you build upon that firm foundation, that your anchor holds the solid rock which is Jesus; and if it doesn't, I pray you secure your anchor in Jesus today, without delay! Be Blessed, dear friends. God loves you and so do I~~~
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