Showing posts with label Parenting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Parenting. Show all posts
Thursday, January 19, 2012
It's Not All Grace and Wonder...
In light of the more serious meditation on parenting from Psalm 19 a few days ago, here are a few links to provide a counterbalance.
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Psalm 19: A Blueprint for Instilling the Wonder of God in the Hearts of our Children
My wife and I had the great privilege of attending a Paul Tripp parenting conference in Seattle this past weekend. I love how Paul (I'm using his first name because we sat in the front row and chatted with him a few times. I think that qualifies us as homeboys.) emphasizes the family as a "theological community," a place where the realities of the God in whom we live and move and have our being (Acts 17:28) are constantly at the forefront of conversation, activities, and decisions. Parents are to actively seek to impart the knowledge of God to their children (Ephesians 6:4) rather than passively hoping that the Spirit will move within them apart from external means. Some of the sweetest moments of parenting I have enjoyed with my three children have been moments wherein I have sought to be faithful to this command, moments where I have taken one of my sons or my daughter up in my arms and wondered together with that small child at the glory of our big God. In these moments, the passage of Scripture I have continually returned to with them is Psalm 19. In this post, I'd like to take a few minutes to show how this Psalm functions as a blueprint for instilling the wonder of God in the hearts of our children.
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