Mom's Work Never Ends

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Familiar to your ears?
Exasperating?
Wish your mum isn't like that?

Today was a good reflection time in church. Pastor spoke on the topic :
Bringing up children ... he meant how to be parents to children. The children need not go through any course. Parents need to be guided ; to be parents. What irony. But that's the whole truth. It's all about relationships.

"Fathers, do not exasperate your children;instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord." Eph. 6:4. This verse is a constant reminder to the limit of what we as parents can do. Yet, when you do not insist on a certain degree of discipline, who is to be blamed when they do not do well in school and at work?

In a nutshell, whatever is said and done, we the adults and parents should strive to create a home environment that is conducive, safe and warm for good relationships and self realisations to emerge ; tough job but a right thing to do. If parents have gone through traumatic childhood experiences, release forgiveness to their parents and if they have exasperated their children, ask for forgiveness and start to love the way of the Word.It's all about relationships.

Finally, children obey your parents for it is the natural law (Eph 6:1) and honour your parents for it is the divine law (Eph 6:2).

It takes two to play a game well ; may all parents and children clap well...

Of fathers, mothers, sons and daughters.