Teachers Of Good Things

As parents, we are always teaching our children things. Whether it is teaching them how to walk and chew gum at the same time (wink) or to tie their shoes or maybe to do math or write their full name, our children are always learning. Some parents teach their children how to steal and to cheat or to tell lies to escape punishment. Some teach their children how to bully and to fight. Some teach their children how to use profanity with every other word being a vulgarity. Some parents teach their children if they do not like what someone says to call that person names. Parents teach their children about drinking booze, smoking or taking drugs and sex, too. Children also learn that if someone says something that they don't agree with then that other person must be wrong. After all, there is only one point of view or one side to every thing and it is theirs! Right? What a nation of cry babies parents are raising today.

My husband and I are raising two young men that we are told are a blessing to others. We are raising them with manners. We say please and thank you; no sir and no ma'am, yes sir and yes ma'am; be kind and gentle (sometimes it is said as "easy-gentle" as little boys that was easier for our boys to understand). We are teaching them not to interrupt others when they are talking. They love one another because mama and daddy love one another. They love spending time together as brothers and dont have to do their own thing. They love helping others whether they know them or not, such as picking up something that someone dropped or opening a door for someone. Or saying a kind word to the cashier when we are at a check out line and making them smile or maybe just handing a gospel tract to someone because they are concerned for their eternal soul. They will pray for a stranger, even those who are not so nice. Why, do you ask? Because they have watched their parents do the same. Because we are raising them in the nuture and admonition of the Lord. We want our boys to love God and the things of God rather than the chaos that this world has to offer them in sin. Are they going to be perfect? No. Are their parents perfect? No. Will they live such a life that they will not sin? No. And neither do their parents.

We want our boys to be good men. We want our boys to love their wives and to love their children. We want our boys to love the Lord with all of their heart. We want our boys to be good citizens. Good does not come naturally nor can we just snap our fingers and good happens, so we must teach them. Parents, we must teach our children good things.

"Train up a child in the way he should go; and when he is old, he shall not depart from it."
Proverbs 22:6


It is well with my soul. Is it well with yours?