A devotional I read today puts it perfectly.

I see many of you already doing this.
And doing it well.
I admire you for doing it.

You are doing well at a position I have never been in.

Raising your children.

I have assisted in raising stepchildren…
but I was never their father.

I was not the major influence.

You are.

Never allow anything, outside your wife, to interfere with that.

Your children need YOU.

The devotional spoke of how teenage boys do not do well in counseling.

It’s because they needed and need their Fathers.

I have heard this before…. odds are great that if a father doesn’t discipline his son, the state will most likely have to at some point.

Love them.
Discipline them.
For if you truly love them…
you will discipline them…
it’s an element of love.

Give them quantity of time.
Quality time makes no sense to a child.
They need quantity. Large quantities.

 

Quality time is rationalization by a lazy parent.

 

Treasure and train those who call you “Daddy”.

Understand what a blessing it must be to hear that word.

It’s a 20 year task and a lifelong responsibility.

Love them.
Lead them.
Guide them.
Instruct then.
Discipline them.
Be consistent in front of them.
Know they hear, remember, learn and act out everything you do and say.

Great rewards follow great effort.

 

Terry

July 2016

 

 

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