Proverbs 22:6 (CEB) Train children in the way they should
go; when they grow old, they won’t depart from it.
I was so proud of my friend and church member Maj. Wanda
Spraggins as she delivered the keynote address yesterday at the City of
Hapeville’s Memorial Day service. I was
surprised though when instead of talking at first about her military
experiences she started telling stories of her childhood and the family she
grew up in. She prefaced those remarks
with the explanation that she had just attended the funeral of the last
remaining relative of her father from his generation. She talked about the example of her parents
and aunts and uncles as they raised all the young ones. It was the greatest generation after all as
Tom Brokaw described them. Wanda is a
shining example of good rearing. I guess
if we need anything these days, we need more parents willing to be that same type
of example to today’s generation of children and youth. So many are latch key kids given little or no
direction. Many of us may not be
parents, or maybe our children are grown, but it never hurts to give any child
we encounter an encouraging word. Children
were important to Jesus, and they are important to us today.
Father
God, help us to find ways to help others lovingly train up children in the way
they should go. We ask in Jesus’ name.
Amen.Blessings,
Paige
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