Parents and children
“Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward”(Ps. 127,3).
At one school children were asked to answer a question, what words do they hear often at home. It has appeared that more than half of children in the answer to this question wrote: «I don't have time». So more often parents answer the children.
The girl has asked the father to tell to it a fairy tale. He has told. "Once again", – the girl asked. The patient father has told once again. And when the girl asked the same fairy tale to tell in the third time, the father told: «I don't have time», but to comply with the request of the daughter, he has told a fairy tale on the recorder and told: «Well here, now you can use the tape recorder and listen how many you want».
«But the father, – the girl answered, – I can't sit down to this device on knees, as to you». It means, that it is important not only an interesting fairy tale, but fellowship with the loving father and mother.
Children are wonderful creations of God, and parents should be ready to bringing up their worthy citizens of the sky and the earth. Parents should care not only of that their children were live or that they were as more as possible richer, but parents have to aspire to that their children mind to fill with wisdom. After all wisdom is more expensive than jewels and pearls; everything to what people aspire, it is impossible to compare to wisdom. “Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour” (Prov. 3,16). A tree of life at those who seizes it, and those who will keep it are happy.
While the soul still is capable to formation, is gentle and soft, like wax easily embodies in itself images, it is necessary, without hesitating hour to induce it to good. When the wisdom will be formed, then the initial bases of piety will be already put. Then the wisdom will inspire useful, and skill will facilitate success. A young tree is easier to force to grow anyhow, than the adult tree.
The kind example happens better any lecture.
Don't forget it, fathers and mothers. Find time for employment with children.
P.Shatrov