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TO KNOW AND BE KNOWN
What do we seek from our children? Sometimes, we seek validation from their achievements. It feels good to be the parent of the overachieving child. In the end, however, if we seek to be validated by their acts, we are seeking what is theirs. Instead, we should be seeking them. Our kids are not responsible for our well-being; we are responsible for theirs.
Think of your relationship to your heavenly Father. God does not need your performance; He wants only you. To be known by God despite our many faults and failings is our highest reward (see Matt 7:23). It is no different for our children. They long to be known by you for their own merit, not for their ability to perform. To model that kind of love for your children is to model the love of God for us.
Seek to "know" your children for who God made them to be.
What do we seek from our children? Sometimes, we seek validation from their achievements. It feels good to be the parent of the overachieving child. In the end, however, if we seek to be validated by their acts, we are seeking what is theirs. Instead, we should be seeking them. Our kids are not responsible for our well-being; we are responsible for theirs.
Think of your relationship to your heavenly Father. God does not need your performance; He wants only you. To be known by God despite our many faults and failings is our highest reward (see Matt 7:23). It is no different for our children. They long to be known by you for their own merit, not for their ability to perform. To model that kind of love for your children is to model the love of God for us.
Seek to "know" your children for who God made them to be.
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The purpose of this devotional is to see what God's Word has to say about the parenting challenges every parent faces. Each day includes a passage of Scripture and an application of that passage to the trials and triumphs of leading families to maturity in Christ. The devotionals are created by Parenting by Design, a Fort Worth ministry devoted to teaching parents to lead their children the way God lead His children.
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