Parents, Deuteronomy 6:5-7 tells us, “Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you go along the road…” (NIV) Right now you may be doing a lot of “sitting at home,” but hang in there, soon we will all again have the chance to impress these commandments on our kids as we “go along the road.”
With this command, God shows us that the most important thing in life is…Relationship, Relationship, Relationship… When Jesus is asked, “what is the greatest commandment?,” He includes the second most important relationship,” loving others as ourselves” (Mark 12:29-31). Our goal is not to raise perfect, successful kids who are happy all the time, but relationally healthy kids who love God, others, and themselves well. Love is the force that will change the world for good. The world has given us a scorecard for our kids that, in the end, doesn’t win them anything of real and lasting value. Jesus gives us God’s scorecard… He says in Matthew 6:33, if we will seek God’s Kingdom first by living in right relationship with Him and other people, He will give us all the good things we need.
Praying for you all!
