How well do you know each of your children?
When we look at God’s fatherly care for his children, three important truths come to our attention.
1. God listens to his children. We who are parents should listen carefully to our children. Often we do not give our children the attention they need. We are tired. We are busy. We are angry. Our children want to talk to us but we say things like, “Can’t you see I’m busy?” or “Not now. Ask me later.” We treat their needs and questions as unimportant. This is not how God treats his children. The Bible tells us we may always approach God in prayer. Like a loving father, he listens to our prayers. Here is what the Bible says:
Give all your worries and cares to God, for he cares about what happens to you. 1 Peter 5:7, NLT
I love the LORD because he hears and answers my prayers. Because he bends down and listens, I will pray as long as I have breath! Psalm 116:1-2, NLT
God takes time to listen to us, his children. He is not too busy to stop and pay attention to our words. If we want to love our children as God loves them, we need to give them our time and attention.
2. God understands his children. We who are parents should try to understand our children. An important part of paying attention to our children is understanding each of them. The Bible says that God, our heavenly Father, knows each of us very well. He knows what we are like, and he knows our needs. Here is what the Bible says about God’s understanding of us:
You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother’s womb. Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! Your workmanship is marvelous—and how well know it. You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion, as I was woven together in the dark of the womb. You saw me before I was born. Every day of my life was recorded in your book. Every moment was laid out before a single day had passed. Psalm 139:13-16, NLT
God made each of our children unique (one-of-a-kind). The way we raise each child will be different because each of them have different temperaments** and personalities:
• One child may be very active; another may be peaceful.• One may be easily distracted; another can pay attention longer.
• One may have loud, expressive responses; another may be quiet.
• One may have difficulty adapting to new situations; another may adapt quickly.
• One may be persistent and stubborn; another may become discouraged easily.
• One may be positive and cheerful; another may be negative and quick to complain.
We can’t change the different temperaments of our children. But we can understand how God made each of them different. The better we understand them, the better we will be able to predict their behavior and guide them to to
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Christina
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