Parenting and child development tips

Parenting and child development tips

Posted on June 4, 2008 Updated on June 4, 2008

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We can easily miss the enormous difference Jesus made in our relationship with God the

Father. So here is something else to thank our Lord Jesus for. We can call God ‘Our

Father’ only because Jesus knew Him as ‘My Father’.

With that truth in our hearts and minds, we can look again at John 17 and ask what it says

to us about our own families. Children should relate to their parents in a way that

mirrors, the relationship that Jesus enjoyed with His Father. Let us live, pray and work so

that our relationships with our parents mature into a growing love and oneness.

If we are parents, we often fail in our relationships with our children. Yet we know

how strong the emotional tie with our children is. We are happy to sacrifice so that

they get a good education. We worry about them and for them. We suffer with them

when they get into trouble. How wonderful is the love of a parent for a child.

Jesus shows us that this too comes from the image of God within us. In our families we

are living out the love between the Father and the Son. We fail and our love can grow

cold but God says

‘Can a mother forget the baby at her breast

And have no compassion on the child she has

borne?

Though she may forget, I will not forget you!

(Isaiah 49:15)

Source: 

‘Families for life Bible Study notes and Sermon Outlines’ by David and Janet Cunningham. Family Impact. Read the full text at: www.familyimpact.org.za