GROWING THEM SMALL....

Our kids go to public school. They hear, and see, things I wish they didn't. Things other kids innocently share. Like this past week, when MC 2 told me about his little friend whose parents are divorced because, "his dad loves another girl". How heartbreaking for a little boy to be carrying that around. 
We, as parents, have the option to either brush things like that under the carpet or address them with a biblical world view. In this instance, we talked about how sad that was, how that is not what God intended for marriage, what God does intend for marriage, and how can we help our friend. Prayerfully, talking about these things innocently shared will pave the way for conversations when the topics are much more weighty.
My kids don't live in a bubble. The real world gets in their space at times. 
Guess what? Try as you may, you kids don't either. Regardless where they go to school, or how involved we are as parents, our childrens' lives are filled with people who make mistakes. People who make choices we don't agree with. People who don't parent like we would parent. People who don't esteem Jesus as we hope all would. Then, there is us, and as parents, we make plenty of mistakes. We don't esteem Christ as we would want. We make decisions on Monday that don't align with what we confirmed on Sunday. 
Day in and day out, our kids are interacting with sinful flesh and bone people, who don't always get it right.
What are we to do?
I hope to encourage you to address those situations as they come along. Not pointing fingers at those who stumble, including ourselves, but pointing our kids to Jesus. Teaching them that Jesus has a better way. Teaching them that they, too, will fall, and if they will let Him, Jesus will pick them up. Just like He does us.

According to MC 2, the little boy felt powerless. He could do nothing to stop this from happening. MC 2 told him, "You could pray about it."

A bud bursting forth in a little man child's heart scattering some seed in another little man child. 


Yes, Lord, yes.  Not to brag on our parenting, because this same MC had to apologize to his best little friend last week for calling him a not nice word, but to point to Your faithfulness. To be the Gardner who grows the little seeds of faith we have thrown out to our kids. We may never know the full impact of what our kids see and hear, but rest assured they are watching. Lord help us to point their eyes and their hearts toward You.