Parental Blessings

Heidi and I strive to keep the Gospel at the center of parenting, strive to disciple our kids desiring to ultimately see them passionately following after Jesus and making disciples themselves.  But as a parent some days you think I am really messing up this parenting thing. And then God drops encouragement in your lap and reminds you that He hasn't dropped you and he isn't going to drop your children either.  Yesterday I had one of those blessed parental moments when our 12 year old daughter asked me to read something she had been working on.

This is what it said:

You can't replace....
By A. Harder

You can't replace family with cell phones and Twitter.
You can't replace the love of your mother with technology.
You can't replace your dad's lessons - big & small with an app.
You can't replace Grandma's stories with Facebook.
You can't replace your brothers & sisters with the Internet.
You can't replace the loyalty of your pets with TV.

You cannot replace God's grace with entertainment.
You cannot replace your freedom in Christ with money.
You cannot replace the support of your spiritual family with solitude.
You cannot replace eternal life with now & today.
You cannot replace your relationship with God with religion.

You can become a new creation by accepting Christ (2 Corinthians 5:17).
You can move a mountain with just faith in Christ (Matthew 17:20).
You can have nothing to fear - not even death - in Christ (Isaiah 41:10).
You can find rest in Christ Jesus (Matthew 11:28).

You are worth more than the sparrows to God (Matthew 10:29)!
You are much loved by God, so much that He died for you (John 3:16).
You are a child of God (John 1:12).
You are reborn in Christ (John 3:3-8).

Now you know the choice.  What will you choose?

After reading it I said: "Sweetie...I love this where did you get it? Did you write this on your own?"  And she said "Yes."  I said I want a copy of this and when she gave it to me today I again said "Where did this come from?" And she said: "It just dropped out of my head."

Thank you Jesus for the blessed moment and the reminder that you are always at work not only in our lives, but our children's as well.

Thanks for letting me share my proud daddy moment with you....Have a blessed day, PT