Training them up

Aedon spent the night at a friends house the other day. He and his friend Sam have been buds since they first met at the Stillwater Campus. Even after his family moved to Edmond, they have still remained close. I always wonder how Aedon will behave when he is away from home. His teachers always love him and tell me how well behaved he is, but I am still always curious how he will act when it's more than a day away. When I met up with Sam's mom to check up on Aedon, I was pleasantly surprised and proud of my little man. A little boy got hurt at the birthday party, Aedon's response was to rush and find his Bible, and bring it to him. He said "this will fix it, it will make it better." The little boy's mom read a scripture and prayed over the little boy's foot. Soon later the boy felt better, and Aedon's response was "see, it's better now." When I spoke to him about it on the way home, he said "I knew he would be healed" very matter-of-factly. There was never any doubt in our little 5 year old's mind whether God would come through or not.

Of course, we have spent a lot of time talking about healing and God's power in our lives. I am so happy and proud that Aedon is not only listening, but is convinced of it's truth.

By taking the little moments in life to practice God's word with our children, we are training them and guiding them down the right path. "You Shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way and when you lie down, and when you rise. " (Deuteronomy 6:7 ESV) There are opportunities every day to share scripture, and life lessons with our children, to train them up in the way that they should go. So many times we allow things to distract us from our most important job as parents. More important than sleep training or potty training, or learning to read, is teaching our children a love for Jesus and others. It is something they will not learn at school, and their Sunday School teachers don't have enough time in a week to be solely responsible for passing that on. It is learned at home, from mom and dad, and grandma and grandpa, from those who mean the most to your children.

I am very proud of my little boy, knowing he is listening and learning and applying the truth of God's word to his life already is so exciting!