22 “But you, Belshazzar, his son,[d] have not humbled yourself, though you knew all this. 2
So inspite of first hand knowelege of how God directly impacted his dad's life Belshazzar had slipped into the trap of believing in himself too much and ignoring God. Its a bit scary. How do we make sure the lessons we have learned are passed on to Max, Ben, Luke and Katelyn? I think you do a good job of having these very real discussions with your kids. I can't say that I get that deep very often with our kids. Hopefully we model our faith in a way that is very visible for our kids and I believe that will have a positive impact. But at the same time if Belshazzar can not learn from such obvious and direct examples of the fact that God is in control at all times how can I be sure I am sharing this truth with my kids. Especially when I know there are times I lack this faith myself?
Today I pray that I can renew my trust and faith in God in way that is obvious to my family and glorifying to Him.
knut
You touched a nerve with this one. I do try to have those conversations with the kids, but it seems they are less and less wiling to listen or respond. Max has completely removed himself from our church's youth group.....with somewhat legitimate excuses. And then it slaps me.....I found text messages on his phone that make me think he's dabbling with pot. WHAT?!! It completely floored me. He and I had a really long talk about it. Some of it was good, some of it was me yelling at him. Some of it was productive, and some wasn't.
ReplyDeleteBut, I have come to the difficult conclusion that you did at the end of your post. All I can do it live the best life I can (which is sometimes a struggle), and rely on God to have my kids best interest at heart.
But, it's really tough to give your kids to God. And to not worry or try to control em.
how's that for not even talking about the chapter?