God’s Word: Our Children’s “Owner’s Manual”

We’ve all heard the statement, “Babies aren’t sent home from the hospital with an owner’s manual.” Wouldn’t that be nice though? Children change so much with each passing day. Just when we think we have their “behavior problems” figured out, they grow up a little more and their behavior changes ever so slightly. If we had that “owner’s manual” we could just turn to the appropriate chapter for the age of our little sweetheart.

The Holy Bible isn’t exactly an “owner’s manual” arranged by age of our children, but it does have a wealth of information on how to take care of our children. The following are a few of the most well know verses:

- “All discipline for the moment seems not to be joyful, but sorrowful; yet to those who have been trained by it, afterwards it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness.” Hebrews 12:11 (NASB)

- “You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. These words, which I am commanding you today, shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your sons and shall talk of them when you sit in your house and when you walk by the way and when you lie down and when you rise up. You shall bind them as a sign on your hand and they shall be as frontals on your forehead. You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.” Deuteronomy 6:5-9 (NASB)

- “Train up a child in the way he should go, even when he is old he will not depart from it.” Proverbs 22:6 (NASB)

When you come on February 28th at 6 pm, I pray you will be encouraged. I pray you will gain insight on how to handle some “problem areas” you may be currently experiencing. Remember above all else, though, consult your “owner’s manual” (Bible) daily for guidance and encouragement from our Heavenly Father.

Krista Armstrong