Train up a child in the
way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.
Recently our youngest
child graduated from high school, and soon he will be leaving for further
education away from us. I often think back to the early days of my children,
such as their birth, their first sounds and first steps. One of the more vivid
memories that comes to my mind is the very first day that we dropped our child
off at Kindergarten. I’m sure that many of us remember that day when they cried
and we cried as we entrusted our children to strangers.
Dropping our kids off
somewhere for the first time is an experience that we all can share, along with
the emotions that came with it. Now our kids are graduating from high school
and will soon be entering the world via jobs, college, or the military. Yes, it
is time to let go and to watch our children take what we have taught them and
to go out into the world on their own accord.
Letting go is something
that parents always talk about, and something that all parents find hard to do.
Yes, they will occasionally call us for advice and they will more often call us
for extra money. We are now moving from our parenting roles in raising our
children and moving toward our parental roles as nurturers and supporters.
The grace that I leave
all of us with today is that hopefully we have done the best that we could in
training our children, not only in the ways of the world, but more importantly
in the ways of Jesus Christ.
Be well my friends and
let your children go out to the world to walk, run, fly and soar. Yes, there
may me times when they stumble, but as you have always trusted them to God,
continue to do so as they grow, mature, and prosper and enter the world that
God has created.
As they go with God,
know that God will never leave them and also know that somewhere deep down
inside all of our children, are still memories of His teaching and our
teaching, His nurturing and our nurturing, His love and our love.
Mom and Dad it will be
fine.
This is the day that the
Lord has made.
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