Parenting is Not Just…

March 6, 2010

Parenting is not just providing good input. It is not just creating a constructive home atmosphere and positive interaction between a child and his parent. There is another dimension. The child is interacting with a living God. He is either worshiping and serving and growing in understanding of the implications of who God is, or he is seeking to make sense of a life without a relationship with God.

- Tedd Tripp, Shepherding a Child’s Heart

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1 Debbie March 6, 2010 at 6:07 pm: What you say is so true. If they feel like they have been harmed they think it is God’s fault. We know that it isn’t true, but when they are told to pray and things turn out bad— They don’t understand the ramifications of free will.

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2 Christy March 6, 2010 at 6:18 pm: Oh man, I am going to copy that and paint it on my classroom wall. Thank you for those words of encouragement friend.

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3 Janette Wright March 7, 2010 at 7:58 am: I loved this book when I read it years ago…thanks for the reminder, I will have to go pull it out and learn again as I continue to parent the youngest two.

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