God is the Ruler of the World March 15, 2007
Posted by Erin in : General Lessons , trackbackJoe,
Good stuff on repentance! I thought I would touch upon it again and lead into what God has been showing us in our own home the last day here.
Repentance serves to get our children (and us) back under the blessing of God, but it also serves another purpose. In repenting and asking for forgiveness, we are acknowledging that we are creatures under authority who must obey a set of rules. When those rules (or standards or whatever we want to call them) have been broken, forgiveness needs to be asked.
The great truth that this shows us and our children is simply that we are not the rulers of the world. We are not in charge. There is one greater than us that calls the shots.
Children have a great need to know that they are not in charge. They do not make the rules. The world does not exist to give them their every want and desire. I know I struggle with this in my sin. And it is something that you don’t have to teach a child, it is in them from the day of birth!
We have been learning lately how we have said that our family does not revolve around our children, but our actions have said something different. I will let you expound more upon this!
Longing to raise children who don’t believe they are central,
Erin
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