I don't have time for another program - another place to be and another thing to do. I'd rather spend my time as a family talking about our real life situations in relation to God's will. I want to pray with my kids - about their relationship with God, their friends, our neighbors, our church and the needs in our community and around the world. I want to spend time teaching my kids about missions by hosting a visiting missionary and reading a biography of a missionary like Hudson Taylor together.
Sometime I feel like we are so busy as parents running our kids to one program after another that we don't have the time to talk with them about what's going on in their lives. Enough is enough! We are getting a group of parents together with leaders at our church to discuss how the local church and pastors can work together to equip parents and families to grow in Christ. Why? Because I believe there is nothing more important to raising a new generation to lead the church than to bring Christ and Christlike living into the core of every home.
Sometime I feel like we are so busy as parents running our kids to one program after another that we don't have the time to talk with them about what's going on in their lives. Enough is enough! We are getting a group of parents together with leaders at our church to discuss how the local church and pastors can work together to equip parents and families to grow in Christ. Why? Because I believe there is nothing more important to raising a new generation to lead the church than to bring Christ and Christlike living into the core of every home.
I hear ya! I'm only at the beginning of the full-time parenting stage of my life, and I already feel the need to step back from all the programs and methods and just "be" with my child and have a real relationship with him. Therein lies my greatest chance to share Christ with him.
ReplyDeleteSounds great. I'd love to be a part of it.
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