Scary

Received this link to a article in the Star-Telegram in an email today.

http://www.star-telegram.com/242/story/837232.html

Considering my last post about sending Gracie to public school, I thought it appropriate and realize the importance of keeping up with worldviews for the sake of my children and what we are teaching them at home. The battle gets bigger and bigger as Christian worldviews and secular worldviews become easily entangled with thought-processes such as these. How important it is as Christians to be constantly in the Word and teaching the Word to our young ones. Because in the end, when they leave the security and direction of our home, it is their choice whether they continue in their faith. We must raise them to think for themselves in order to have their OWN faith eventually, and not just ours.

I read recently (need to find it and link it) where 60%-70% of children who were raised in the faith and in church DO NOT return to their faith when they leave home. Scary.


For me, I feel Christians just don't know scripture well enough. Bottomline. We don't know it, can't quote it, don't live by it, can't teach it properly, can't apply it, and so then it gets misconstrued, misquoted, misunderstood, etc. We MUST educate ourselves in the most important part of our lives as Christians so we can face the giants of this world and teach our children how to do the same. I say this because I myself was convicted of it not too long ago.


Let's not forget what Paul wrote in the first chapter of Galatians: (v. 6-10)


"I am amazed that you are so quickly deserting Him who called you by the grace of Christ, for a different Gospel; which is really not another; only there are some who are disturbing you and want to distort the Gospel of Christ. But even if we, or an angel from heaven, should preach to you a Gospel contrary to what we have preached to you, he is to be accursed! As we have said before, so I say again now, if any man is preaching to you a Gospel contrary to what you received, he is to be accursed! For am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a bond-servant of Christ."


Obviously reading the Bible itself with an openness to the Holy Spirit's guidance and with prayer are what we need to be doing on a daily basis, ourselves and with our children. But here are two books I highly recommend as good resources as to how to do this better as parents:

Going Public: Your Child Can Strive in Public School by David and Kelli Pritchard









The Ministry of Motherhood by Sally Clarkson








We're so concerned with how smart our children are, if they are the best at their sport, if they can play a musical instrument well, if they know at least 2 languages. But what about whether we will be living with them in eternity? Whether they will see all the gifts God has given them to be used for His Kingdom, for His glory instead of only for their own monetary gain? Our focus has shifted too much toward ourselves and our own ambitions instead of what God thinks, why God created and gave us these little beings to care for and train.