Because I’m in my mid-thirties and have 5 children and have started a church in orange county, I hear parents talking a lot about their children. It is discouraging to hear them talk about their children in such a disparaging way. Human wisdom tells us that anything which keeps us from fulfilling our goals and personal aspirations or desires should be considered an irritant and burden. It teaches that we have every right to complain.
I hear this often when people joke, and it’s always in a joke form because Human wisdom has taught us that it is alright to say very cruel things so long as we are “joking”, about selling their children, throwing their children out a window, or how they can’t wait for school to start. Start talking about homeschooling children and you will quickly hear comments like, “I would rather shoot myself in the head!”, something I heard a mother just recently say. Why do they say these things? Because they have bought the lies of Human wisdom.
But does God want us to even jokingly talk about our children like this? NO! Psalm 127 tells us that they are gift from Him. Psalm 78 tells us that the most important things we learn we should devote ourselves to teach them. Duet 6 encourages us create a culture around them and our whole family that teaches them God’s word. We are to strongly value them!
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