People were bringing children to Jesus that he might touch them,
but the disciples rebuked them.
When Jesus saw this he became indignant and said to them,
“Let the children come to me; do not prevent them,
for the Kingdom of God belongs to such as these.
via USCCB | NAB – February 26, 2011.
“Do not prevent them”. We are living in a world that loves its freedom…especial here in the U.S! Modern day parents have embraced this passion for freedom and it shows in the current parenting styles. We don’t want to burden our children with too many rules or regulations, we want them to be themselves and so on and so forth. However, in heaven’s economy…true freedom comes with boundaries! We step outside of those boundaries and that is when our freedom is lost. There are negative consequences for disobedience. We need to teach our children this. We have a Heavenly assignment…they have been entrusted to us for a time…for us to show them the Way. We need to teach them about God’s boundaries by first setting some within our own homes and teaching our children to obey us, just as the Lord has asked them to.
Lax and lazy parenting steals our children’s true freedom from them and prevents them from coming to the Lord of their own accord.
Dear Lord, today guide us on setting Godly boundaries for our families.